§ 3-2001. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial ProceedingsEffective: October 1, 2014
Effective: October 1, 2014
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 3-2001
§ 3-2001. Definitions
(b) “Collaborative law communication” means a statement, whether oral or in a record or verbal or nonverbal, that:
(c) “Collaborative law participation agreement” means an agreement by persons to participate in a collaborative law process.
(d) “Collaborative law process” means a procedure intended to resolve a collaborative matter without intervention by a tribunal in which persons:
(e) “Collaborative lawyer” means a lawyer who represents a party in a collaborative law process.
(f)(1) “Collaborative matter” means a dispute, a transaction, a claim, a problem, or an issue for resolution described in a collaborative law participation agreement.
(g) “Nonparty participant” means a person other than a party and the party's collaborative lawyer that participates in a collaborative law process.
(h) “Party” means a person that signs a collaborative law participation agreement and whose consent is necessary to resolve a collaborative matter.
(i) “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a business trust, an estate, a trust, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint venture, a public corporation, a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity.
(j) “Person eligible for relief” includes:
(k) “Proceeding” means:
(l) “Prospective party” means a person that discusses with a prospective collaborative lawyer the possibility of signing a collaborative law participation agreement.
(m) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or any other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(n) “Related to a collaborative matter” means involving the same parties, transaction or occurrence, nucleus of operative fact, dispute, claim, or issue as the collaborative matter.
(o) “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to:
(p) “Tribunal” means:
Credits
Added by Acts 2014, c. 342, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 3-2001, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 3-2001
Current through legislation effective through July 1, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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