Rule 13.061 - COURT SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER CASE IS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION(1) Any party may file and serve notice of a request that the court transfer a case to arbitration.(2) A case will be assigned to arbitration unless it is excluded as provided in UTCR 13.060(1). A case assigned to arbitration will not be removed, except as might occur under paragraph 3 of this rule, without an affidavit, motion and order.(3) Only in extraordinary circumstances will the court order a case returned from arbitration to the court docket after a case has been assigned to an arbitrator. The Presiding Judge may remove a case from arbitration any time the Presiding Judge is of the opinion that such extraordinary circumstances exist.(4) In the event a motion to file an amended pleading is allowed by the arbitrator which causes the case to no longer be subject to mandatory arbitration, that party filing such a pleading must notify the Arbitration Clerk. Unless the parties stipulate otherwise, the clerk shall then remove the case from arbitration.Amended effective 2/1/2024.