{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-5-428","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 5-428","heading":"Validity of agreement to arbitrate.","body":"(a) An agreement contained in a record to submit to arbitration any existing or subsequent controversy arising between the parties to the agreement is valid, enforceable and irrevocable, except upon a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract.\n(b) The court shall decide whether an agreement to arbitrate exists or a controversy is subject to an agreement to arbitrate.\n(c) An arbitrator shall decide whether a condition precedent to arbitrability has been fulfilled and whether a contract containing a valid agreement to arbitrate is enforceable.\n(d) If a party to a judicial proceeding challenges the existence of, or claims that a controversy is not subject to, an agreement to arbitrate, the arbitration proceeding may continue, pending final resolution of the issue by the court, unless the court otherwise orders.","path":["Chapter 5.—ARBITRATION AND AWARD","Article 4.—UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch05/005_004_0028.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:09:51Z","sha256":"4ad1cde8199eb6b9bf1cf20487eca4e893235feb8440242d7307c64e2134c4be","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-5-427","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-5-429"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}