42 Pa. C.S. § 7375

Current through 2024 legislation effective July 8, 2024
Section 7375 - Arbitration agreement
(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 ground 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.

42 Pa.C.S. § 7375

Added by P.L. (number not assigned at time of publication) 2024 No. 12,§ 1, eff. 7/8/2024.