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}}Arbitration is a dispute resolution process in which the parties hire a neutral third party, an ''arbitrator'', to make <span class="noglossary">decisions</span> resolving some or all of the legal issues in their dispute. While the job of a mediator is to help people work toward their own resolution of their family law dispute, the arbitrator's job is to <span class="noglossary">act</span> like a judge and make a decision resolving a legal dispute, after hearing the evidence and listening to the arguments of each party.
People who work as arbitrators are usually trained professionals who qualify as "family law dispute resolution professionals" under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', meaning that they have the experience and education required by the [https://canlii.ca/t/5539g Family Law Act Regulation]. Lawyers who are "family law arbitrators" are specially accredited to arbitrate family law disputes by the [http://www.lawsociety.bc.ca Law Society of British Columbia].
This section provides an introduction to arbitration and discusses when to use arbitration in a family law dispute. It also provides some suggestions about how to find a family law arbitrator.