Section 7.77.130 - Coercive or violent relationship among parties(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.(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.(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: (a) The party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing a process; and(b) The collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.Added by 2013 c 119,§ 14, eff. 7/28/2013.