Title 16, Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]

(a) An arbitration agreement shall: (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) Except as otherwise provide…

A party may initiate arbitration by giving notice to arbitrate to the other party in the manner specified in the arbitration agreement or, in the absence of a specified manner, under the law and procedural rules of the District other than this chapter governing contractual arbitr…

(a) A motion for judicial relief under this chapter shall be made to the Superior Court. (b) On motion of a party, the Superior Court may compel arbitration if the parties have entered into an arbitration agreement that complies with § 16-5605 unless the court determines under § …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, unless waived in a record by the parties, an arbitrator shall be: (1) An attorney in good standing admitted to practice or on inactive status or a judge on retired status in a state; and (2) Trained in identifyin…

(a) Before agreeing to serve as an arbitrator, an individual, after making reasonable inquiry, shall disclose to all parties any known fact that a reasonable person would believe is likely to affect: (1) The impartiality of the arbitrator in the arbitration, including bias, a fin…

(a) A party may: (1) Be represented in an arbitration by an attorney; (2) Be accompanied by an individual who will not be called as a witness or act as an advocate; and (3) Participate in the arbitration to the full extent permitted under the law and procedural rules of the Distr…

(a) Before an arbitrator is selected and able to act, on motion of a party, the Superior Court may enter a temporary order under this title. (b) After an arbitrator is selected: (1) The arbitrator may make a temporary award under this title; and (2) If the matter is urgent and th…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term "protection order" means an injunction or other order, issued under the domestic violence, family violence, or stalking laws of the issuing jurisdiction, to prevent an individual from engaging in a violent or threatening act against,…

(a) An arbitrator shall conduct an arbitration in a manner the arbitrator considers appropriate for a fair and expeditious disposition of the dispute. (b) An arbitrator shall provide each party a right to be heard, to present evidence material to the family law dispute, and to cr…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section or required by law of the District other than this chapter, an arbitration hearing need not be recorded unless required by the arbitrator, provided by the arbitration agreement, or requested by a party. (b) An arb…

(a) An arbitrator shall make an award in a record, dated and signed by the arbitrator. The arbitrator shall give notice of the award to each party by a method agreed on by the parties or, if the parties have not agreed on a method, under the law and procedural rules of the Distri…

(a) After an arbitrator gives notice under § 16-5615(a) of an award, including an award corrected under § 16-5617, a party may move the Superior Court for an order confirming the award. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Superior Court shall c…

(a) On motion of a party made not later than 30 days after an arbitrator gives notice under § 16-5615(a) of an award, the arbitrator may correct the award: (1) If the award has an evident mathematical miscalculation or an evident mistake in the description of a person, thing, or …

(a) On motion of a party made not later than 90 days after an arbitrator gives notice under § 16-5615(a) of an award, including an award corrected under § 16-5617, the Superior Court shall correct the award if: (1) The award has an evident mathematical miscalculation or an eviden…

(a) On motion of a party, the Superior Court shall vacate an unconfirmed award if the moving party establishes that: (1) The award was procured by corruption, fraud, or other undue means; (2) There was: (A) Evident partiality by the arbitrator; (B) Corruption by the arbitrator; o…

(a) If the meaning or effect of an award confirmed under § 16-5616 is in dispute, the parties may: (1) Agree to arbitrate the dispute before the original arbitrator or another arbitrator; or (2) Proceed in the Superior Court under law of the District other than this chapter gover…

(a) On granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, or amending an award under this chapter, the Superior Court shall enter judgment in conformity with the order. (b) On motion of a party, the Superior Court may order that a document or part of the arbitr…

(a) If a party requests under law of the District other than this chapter a modification of an award confirmed under § 16-5616 or judgment on the award based on a fact occurring after confirmation: (1) The parties shall proceed under the dispute-resolution method specified in the…

(a) The Superior Court shall enforce an award confirmed under § 16-5616, including a temporary award, in the manner and to the same extent as any other order or judgment of the court. (b) The Superior Court shall enforce an arbitration award in a family law dispute confirmed by a…

(a) An appeal may be taken under this chapter from: (1) An order granting or denying a motion to compel arbitration; (2) An order granting or denying a motion to stay arbitration; (3) An order confirming or denying confirmation of an award; (4) An order correcting an award; (5) A…

(a) An arbitrator or arbitration organization acting in that capacity in a family law dispute is immune from civil liability to the same extent as a judge of the Superior Court acting in a judicial capacity. (b) The immunity provided by this section supplements any immunity under…

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, approved June 30, 2000 (114 Stat. 464; 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.) ("Act"), but shall not be construed to modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of the Act, or authorize…

This chapter applies to arbitration of a family law dispute under an arbitration agreement made on or after [March 10, 2023]. If an arbitration agreement was made before [March 10, 2023], the parties may agree in a record that this chapter applies to the arbitration.