The St. Louis practice group, Collaborative Family Law Association (CFLA), has
annual membership. Each year, all members submit a renewal application. It
doesn’t address the behavior issues you ask about in your email, but by having
all memberships expire on 6/30 every year, and all members having to reapply
ever year, we can control membership one year at a time. Our practice group has
time limits for associate members to complete all trainings, time limits for
all members to complete cross-trainings, attendance/participation requirements,
and other membership requirements. Compliance is tracked annually.
We don’t have a formal process for addressing the types of concerns you raise
but our Bylaws give the Board of Directors ultimate authority over membership.
A serious violation, such as ignoring the withdrawal provision, would probably
end up in front of the Board for action.
Yvonne Homeyer
Attorney & Mediator
Law Office of Yvonne Homeyer
225 South Meramec Ave., Suite 821
Saint Louis (Clayton), MO 63105
(314) 863-3321 Telephone
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<http://www.StLouisFamilyLaw.com> www.StLouisFamilyLaw.com
From: CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 10:26 AM
To: CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [CollabLaw] Practice group policies for "non-collaborative" members
Greetings,
As Virginia has not adopted the Uniform Collaborative Law Rules/Act, my local
practice group is wondering if any similarly situated groups have state or
local policies or procedures for suspending/terminating members who
consistently fail to act in accordance with the generally accepted
collaborative rules while participating in collaborative divorce cases (e.g.,
refusing to keep any communications between group members from clients,
refusing to use a coach in any cases, verbally attacking the opposing party,
etc.)
Thank you in advance for any assistance you might provide.
