§ 684.0009, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 684. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
Arbitration agreement and substantive claim before court.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) A court before which an action is brought in a matter that is the subject of an arbitration agreement shall, if a party so requests not later than when submitting its first statement on the substance of the dispute, refer the parties to arbitration unless it finds that the agreement is null and void, inoperative, or incapable of being performed.
(2) If an action described in subsection (1) has been brought, arbitral proceedings may nevertheless be commenced or continued, and an award may be made, while the issue is pending before the court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 10, ch. 2010-60.
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