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D.C. Code § 16-4010

Low-income parties

Known as the Uniform Collaborative Law Act

The act spans §§ 16–16 (22 sections).

May 9, 2012, D.C

(a) The disqualification of § 16-4009(a) applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party with or without fee.

(b) After a collaborative law process concludes, another lawyer in a law firm with which a collaborative lawyer disqualified under § 16-4009(a) is associated may represent a party without fee in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter if:

(1) The party has an annual income that qualifies the party for free legal representation under the criteria established by the law firm for free legal representation;

(2) The collaborative law participation agreement so provides; and

(3) The collaborative lawyer is isolated from any participation in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter through procedures within the law firm that are reasonably calculated to isolate the collaborative lawyer from such participation.

Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.