4 California Forms of Pleading and Practice--Annotated § 32.43

Summary

• [1] Purpose of Proceedings

  Petitions to compel arbitration are resolved by a summary procedure that allows the parties to submit declarations and other documentary testimony and, at the trial court’s discretion, to provide oral testimony [Valentine v. Plum Healthcare Grp., LLC (2019) 37 Cal. App. 5th 1076, 1085, 249 Cal. Rptr. 3d 905].

  A petition to compel arbitration is a suit in equity seeking specific performance of that contract [Wagner Constr. Co. v. Pac. Mech. Corp. (2007) 41 Cal. 4th 19, 29, 58 Cal. Rptr. 3d 434, 157 P.3d 1029; Spear v. Cal. State Auto. Ass’n (1992) 2 Cal. 4th 1035, 1040–1043, 9 Cal. Rptr. 2d 381, 831 P.2d 821; Espejo v. S. Cal. Permanente Med. Grp. (2016) 246 Cal. App. 4th 1047, 1057, 201 Cal. Rptr. 3d 318; Serv. Emps. Int’l Union, Local 1021 v. Cnty. of San Joaquin (2012) 202 Cal. App. 4th 449, 456, 135 Cal. Rptr. 3d 844; Brodke v. Alphatec Spine, Inc. (2008) 160 Cal. App. 4th 1569, 1574, 73 Cal. Rptr. 3d 554].

  Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.2 prescribes and limits the ...