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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-2012" 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>Notwithstanding the failure of an agreement to meet the requirements of § 3–2002 of this subtitle, a tribunal may find that the parties intended to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement if the parties:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Signed a record indicating an intention to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Reasonably believed they were participating in a collaborative law process.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a tribunal makes the findings specified in subsection (a) of this section and the interests of justice require, the tribunal may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Enforce an agreement evidenced by a record resulting from the process in which the parties participated; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Apply the privileges under § 3–2009 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
