{"data":{"id":"us-mt/40-16-105","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"40-16-105","heading":"Arbitration agreement.","body":"(1) An arbitration agreement must:\n(a) be in a record signed by the parties;\n(b) identify the arbitrator, an arbitration organization, or a method of selecting an arbitrator;\n(c) identify the family law dispute the parties intend to arbitrate; and\n(d) specify how notice to arbitrate is to be given.\n(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), an agreement in a record to arbitrate a family law dispute that arises between the parties before, at the time, or after the agreement is made is valid and enforceable as any other contract and irrevocable except on a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract.\n(3) An agreement to arbitrate a child-related dispute that arises between the parties after the agreement is made is unenforceable unless:\n(a) the parties affirm the agreement in a record after the dispute arises; or\n(b) the agreement was entered during a family law proceeding and the court approved or incorporated the agreement in an order issued in the proceeding.\n(4) If a party objects to arbitration on the ground the arbitration agreement is unenforceable or the agreement does not include a family law dispute, the court shall decide whether the agreement is enforceable or includes the family law dispute.","path":["TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 16. FAMILY LAW ARBITRATION","Part 1. Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0400/chapter_0160/part_0010/section_0050/0400-0160-0010-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:03Z","sha256":"e2d6b88918cb7b4836343b3559952c83fd6b112002a0b2219ff70774f4cf9b11","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/40-16-104","next":"us-mt/40-16-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}