1. (a) A collaborative process participation agreement must:

   1. (1) be in a record;
   2. (2) be signed by the parties;
   3. (3) state the parties' intention to resolve a collaborative process matter through a collaborative process under this Act;
   4. (4) state the parties' agreement to discharge their collaborative process lawyers and law firms if the collaborative process fails.
   5. (5) describe the nature and scope of the matter;
   6. (6) identify the collaborative process lawyer who represents each party in the process; and
   7. (7) contain a statement by each collaborative process lawyer confirming the lawyer's representation of a party in the collaborative process.
2. (b) Parties may agree to include in a collaborative process participation agreement additional provisions not inconsistent with this Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-205, eff. 1-1-18.)