Griest, H. v. Griest, K.

OPINION BY GANTMAN, P.J.:

Appellant, Howard F. Griest, III, appeals from the order entered in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas, which overruled his preliminary objections in the *1017 nature of a motion to assert arbitration and compel bifurcation of the counterclaim of Appellee, Kevin Griest, in this partition action. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The parties to this action are brothers. On April 12, 2000, the parties' mother transferred two parcels of property to Appellant and Appellee as joint tenants with the right of survivorship: (1) real property at 265 Killian Road,…