(710 ILCS 30/5-10)
Sec. 5-10.
Arbitration agreement and substantive claim before
court.
(a) 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 his or her 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.
(b) When an action referred to in subsection (a) of this Section 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.
(Source: P.A. 90-631, eff. 7-24-98.)
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