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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)

42 Pa.C.S. § 7375: Arbitration agreement.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
  2. PART VII CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
  3. CHAPTER 73 ARBITRATION
  4. SUBCHAPTER D UNIFORM FAMILY LAW ARBITRATION

(a) Requirements.--An arbitration agreement must:

(1) be in a record signed by the parties;

(2) identify the arbitrator, an arbitration organization or a method of selecting an arbitrator; and

(3) identify the family law dispute the parties intend to arbitrate.

(b) Effect.--Except as set forth in subsection (c), an agreement in a record to arbitrate a family law dispute which arises between the parties is:

(1) valid and enforceable as any other contract; and

(2) irrevocable, except on a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract.

(c) Unenforceable agreements.--An agreement to arbitrate a child custody dispute or child support dispute, which arises between the parties after the agreement is made is unenforceable unless:

(1) the parties affirm the agreement in a record after the child custody dispute or child support dispute arises; or

(2) the agreement was entered during a family law proceeding, and the court approved or incorporated the agreement in an order issued in the proceeding.

(d) Objection to arbitration.--If a party objects to arbitration on the grounds that the arbitration agreement is unenforceable or that the agreement does not include a family law dispute, the court shall decide whether the agreement is enforceable or includes the family law dispute.

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