{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-7.77.130","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 7.77.130","heading":"Coercive or violent relationship among parties.","body":"(1) Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall make reasonable inquiry whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party.\n(2) Throughout a collaborative law process, a collaborative lawyer reasonably and continuously shall assess whether the party the collaborative lawyer represents has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another party.\n(3) If a collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the party the lawyer represents or the prospective party who consults the lawyer has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another party or prospective party, the lawyer may not begin or continue a collaborative law process unless:\n(a) The party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing a process; and\n(b) The collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.","path":["Title 7","Chapter 7.77"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=7.77.130","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:39:15Z","sha256":"ed56b718816bec83400212e3f76ff6e966684b656f23ddcc42e98fa7ebb550af","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-7.77.120","next":"us-wa/rcw-7.77.140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}