Definiciones sobre el proceso de derecho familiar colaborativo en Texas

Sec. 15.052. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Collaborative family law communication" means a statement made by a party or nonparty participant, whether oral or in a record, or verbal or nonverbal, that: (A) is made to conduct, participate in, continue, or reconvene a collaborative family law process; and (B) occurs after the parties sign a collaborative family law participation agreement and before the collaborative family law process is concluded. (2) "Collaborative family law participation agreement" means an agreement by persons to participate in a collaborative family law process. (3) "Collaborative family law matter" means a dispute, transaction, claim, problem, or issue for resolution that arises under Title 1 or 5 and that is described in a collaborative family law participation agreement. The term includes a dispute, claim, or issue in a proceeding. (4) "Collaborative family law process" means a procedure intended to resolve a collaborative family law matter without intervention by a tribunal in which parties: (A) sign a collaborative family law participation agreement; and (B) are represented by collaborative family law lawyers. (5) "Collaborative lawyer" means a lawyer who represents a party in a collaborative family law process. (6) "Law firm" means: (A) lawyers who practice law together in a partnership, professional corporation, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, or association; and (B) lawyers employed in a legal services organization or in the l