(A) An appeal may be taken from any of the following decisions rendered by the court of common pleas:
(1) An order granting or denying an application to compel or to stay arbitration;
(2) An order granting or denying an application for assistance in obtaining evidence or an application for interim measure of protection;
(3) An order confirming or vacating a final award or declaring that an award is not entitled to confirmation by the courts of this state.
(B) Appeals shall be taken in the same manner and be subject to the same review as appeals from orders or judgments in civil actions. All appeals shall be confined to questions within the competence conferred by this chapter upon the court from which the appeal is taken or to the question of whether that court exceeded that competence.
Effective Date: 10-23-1991 .