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The only rules that ''must'' be followed in an arbitration are that the arbitrator must give each party the opportunity to make their case, and reply to the case made by the other party, and that the arbitrator must treat each party fairly and not be biased in favour of one party over the other. Otherwise, the parties and the arbitrator are free to be creative and create the rules that are best-suited to the parties, their children, their dispute and their budget.
===The Essentials of the ''Arbitration Act''===
The arbitration of family law disputes in British Columbia is governed by the provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84gc Arbitration Act]'', formerly known as the ''Commercial Arbitration Act''. The highlights of the act are these: