What Right of Review Exists as to the NJ Divorce Arbitrator’s Decision?
N.J.S.A. 2A:23 B-4 provides that a party to an agreement to arbitrate or to an New Jersey arbitration proceeding may waive, or the parties may vary the affect of the requirements of the statute, to the extent permitted by law. Section c. clearly states “…that nothing in this act shall preclude the parties from expanding the scope of judicial review of an award by expressly providing for such expansion in a record. It is therefore clear that the parties to an arbitration are free to provide, in the actual agreement to arbitrate, the scope of judicial review of an award. Presumably, the parties can likewise specify the scope of the arbitrator’s ability to correct or modify an award, in the event that reconsideration is deemed appropriate after the decision is rendered. Absent the parties agreeing to an expanded review in their arbitration agreement, N.J.S.A. 2A:23 B-20 states that an arbitrator may modify or correct an award if the arbitrator has not made a final and definite award, up
