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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-2002" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Collaborative Law Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A collaborative law participation agreement shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be in a record;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be signed by the parties;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>State the parties’ intention to resolve a collaborative matter through a collaborative law process under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Describe the nature and scope of the matter;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Identify the collaborative lawyer who represents each party in the process; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Contain a statement by each collaborative lawyer confirming the lawyer’s representation of a party in the collaborative law process.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The parties may agree to include in a collaborative law participation agreement additional provisions consistent with this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
