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{{JP Boyd on Family Law TOC|expanded = outofcourt}}{{JPBOFL Editor Badge
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}} Arbitration is a dispute resolution process in which the parties hire a neutral third party, a ''family law arbitrator'', to make a <span class="noglossary">decision</span> resolving their dispute. The parties sign an ''arbitration agreement'' to start the process in which they agree, among other things, to be bound by the arbitrator's decision. While the job of a mediator is to help two people work towards a resolution of their family law dispute that they make for themselves, the arbitrator's job is to <span class="noglossary">act</span> like a judge and make a decision resolving the dispute, after hearing the evidence and listening to the arguments of each party.
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.