Uniform Collaborative Law Act/ Rules

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Dialogue and consideration of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act

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Latest Activity: Feb 9

Uniform Collaborative Law Act - with comments

Uniform Collaborative Law Act Introduced for 2012 Regular Session

Prefiled for introduction HB 2196. Click here to track the bill.

Resources & Links:

UCLA

ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Collaborative Law Committee: including a good collection of Links and Resources

Washington Uniform Law Commission: the entity likely to introduce the UCLA/R in the Legislature.

Uniform Law Commission's Collaborative Law Act Committee: The ULC - previously known as NCCUSL (National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws), responsible for drafting uniform laws. The Collaborative Law Committee drafted the UCLA/R.

UCLA at Hofstra Law: the reporter to the ULC Collaborative Law Committee, Andrew Schepard, is a professor at Hofstra.

Action Alert:

A subcommittee of the Legislative Committee, spearheaded by Mary Sakaguchi, has been formed for the task of drafting a Washington UCLA/R proposal. Anyone interested in participation should contact Mary or the Legislative Committee Chair, Paul McVicker.

Action Alert:

The Committee needs help in the planning of the November 17 open forumon the Uniform Collaborative Law Act/Rules proposed by the Washington Uniform Law Commission. A planning discussion is posted here. Please participate with your ideas and suggestions. We also need volunteers to make contacts, calls, and other tasks. Please contact Paul McVicker at paul@seattlelawandmediation.net to volunteer.

Discussion Forum

UCLA before ABA House of Delegates 1 Reply

Heard the Uniform Law Commission pulled from consideration by the House of Delegates the resolution regarding the UCLA. Apparently the Family Law Section, which had supported it last year, took a…Continue

Tags: UCLA, HOD, ABA

Started by Jeff Bean. Last reply by Jeff Bean Aug 10, 2011.

Collaborative Law Act or Rules

The Uniform Law Commission has proposed a codification of the Collaborative Law process for enactment by rule or statute. The document adopted reflects that choice in its title of Uniform…Continue

Tags: Act/Rules, Law, Collaborative

Started by Paul W. McVicker Dec 28, 2010.

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Comment by Jeff Bean on February 9, 2012 at 9:24am: UCLA scheduled for public hearing Feb 17 in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM.

Comment by Jeff Bean on January 23, 2012 at 12:21pm: UCLA passes the house unanimously. Next action will be in the Senate. Watch for updates.

Comment by Jeff Bean on January 20, 2012 at 10:57am

Bill report also shows House Judiciary substituted bill to

make it explicit that the collaborative law process applies only to civil matters and not criminal cases; and
specify that the exception to privileged communications applies to communications used to prove stalking and cyber stalking of a party or child.

Comment by Jeff Bean on January 20, 2012 at 10:55am: House bill reporthas a good synopsis of both the bill and the testimony regarding it. Please note that WSBA ADR did not testify at the hearing regarding its unanimous support of the UCLA/R. WSBA staff did testify in opposition - we are trying to determine what the basis for that opposition was.

Comment by Jeff Bean on December 19, 2011 at 10:28pm: Unconfirmed: possible hearings House Judiciary 1/9 or 1/11, possibly in conjunction with other ULC-proposed uniform laws.

Comment by Jeff Bean on December 16, 2011 at 5:57pm: UCLA filed for introduction in 2012 Regular Session. You can always come back to this group page for the bill tracker -here's a direct link.

Comment by Paul W. McVicker on December 23, 2010 at 4:05pm: Welcome to the WSBA ADR Section group for dialogue and consideration of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act. Discussions, articles, videos and any permitted activity here is encouraged. I hope that some meaningful dialogue relative to the proposed act can be helpful to the bar and the public. Thank you for your participation.