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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-208" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Arbitration and Award">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a party denies existence of the arbitration agreement, he may petition a court to stay commenced or threatened arbitration proceedings.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A petition to stay arbitration shall be filed with the court where a petition to order arbitration has been filed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a petition for order to arbitrate has not been filed, the petition to stay arbitration may be filed in any court subject to venue provisions of Title 6 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the court determines that existence of the arbitration agreement is in substantial and bona fide dispute, it shall try this issue promptly and order a stay if it finds for the petitioner. If the court finds for the adverse party, it shall order the parties to proceed with arbitration.</text>
  </level>
</section>
