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CA Ev Code § 200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 200.

200.  “Public entity” includes a nation, state, county, city and county, city, district, public authority, public agency, or any other political subdivision or public corporation, whether foreign or domestic.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 205.

205.  “Real property” includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 210 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 210.

210.  “Relevant evidence” means evidence, including evidence relevant to the credibility of a witness or hearsay declarant, having any tendency in reason to prove or disprove any disputed fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 215 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 215.

215.  “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 32. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Ev Code § 220 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 220.

220.  “State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 225 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 225.

225.  “Statement” means (a) oral or written verbal expression or (b) nonverbal conduct of a person intended by him as a substitute for oral or written verbal expression.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 230 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 230.

230.  “Statute” includes a treaty and a constitutional provision.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 235 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 235.

235.  “Trier of fact” includes (a) the jury and (b) the court when the court is trying an issue of fact other than one relating to the admissibility of evidence.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 240 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 240.

240.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), “unavailable as a witness” means that the declarant is any of the following:(1) Exempted or precluded on the ground of privilege from testifying concerning the matter to which his or her statement is relevant.(2) Disqualified from testifying to the matter.(3) Dead or unable to attend or to testify at the hearing because of then-existing physical or mental illness or infirmity.(4) Absent from the hearing and the court is unable to compel his or her attendance by its process.(5) Absent from the hearing and the proponent of his or her statement has exercised reasonable diligence but has been unable to procure his or her attendance by the court’s process.(6) Persistent in refusing to testify concerning the subject matter of the declarant’s statement despite having been found in contempt for refusal to testify.(b) A declarant is not unavailable as a witness if the exemption, preclusion, disqualification, death, inability, or absence of the declarant was brought about by the procurement or wrongdoing of the proponent of his or her statement for the purpose of preventing the declarant from attending or testifying.(c) Expert testimony that establishes that physical or mental trauma resulting from an alleged crime has caused harm to a witness of sufficient severity that the witness is physically unable to testify or is unable to testify without suffering substantial trauma may constitute a sufficient showing of unavailability pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a). As used in this section, the term “expert” means a physician and surgeon, including a psychiatrist, or any person described by subdivision (b), (c), or (e) of Section 1010.The introduction of evidence to establish the unavailability of a witness under this subdivision shall not be deemed procurement of unavailability, in absence of proof to the contrary.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 537, Sec. 1. (AB 1723) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Ev Code § 250 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 250.

250.  “Writing” means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing, any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 945, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Ev Code § 255 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 255.

255.  “Original” means the writing itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. An “original” of a photograph includes the negative or any print therefrom. If data are stored in a computer or similar device, any printout or other output readable by sight, shown to reflect the data accurately, is an “original.”(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 708.)
CA Ev Code § 260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 2 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED|Section 260.

260.  A “duplicate” is a counterpart produced by the same impression as the original, or from the same matrix, or by means of photography, including enlargements and miniatures, or by mechanical or electronic rerecording, or by chemical reproduction, or by other equivalent technique which accurately reproduces the original.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 708.)
CA Ev Code § 450 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 450.

450.  Judicial notice may not be taken of any matter unless authorized or required by law.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 451 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 451.

451.  Judicial notice shall be taken of the following:(a) The decisional, constitutional, and public statutory law of this state and of the United States and the provisions of any charter described in Section 3, 4, or 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution.(b) Any matter made a subject of judicial notice by Section 11343.6, 11344.6, or 18576 of the Government Code or by Section 1507 of Title 44 of the United States Code.(c) Rules of professional conduct for members of the bar adopted pursuant to Section 6076 of the Business and Professions Code and rules of practice and procedure for the courts of this state adopted by the Judicial Council.(d) Rules of pleading, practice, and procedure prescribed by the United States Supreme Court, such as the Rules of the United States Supreme Court, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Admiralty Rules, the Rules of the Court of Claims, the Rules of the Customs Court, and the General Orders and Forms in Bankruptcy.(e) The true signification of all English words and phrases and of all legal expressions.(f) Facts and propositions of generalized knowledge that are so universally known that they cannot reasonably be the subject of dispute.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 248, Sec. 43.)
CA Ev Code § 452 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 452.

452.  Judicial notice may be taken of the following matters to the extent that they are not embraced within Section 451:(a) The decisional, constitutional, and statutory law of any state of the United States and the resolutions and private acts of the Congress of the United States and of the Legislature of this state.(b) Regulations and legislative enactments issued by or under the authority of the United States or any public entity in the United States.(c) Official acts of the legislative, executive, and judicial departments of the United States and of any state of the United States.(d) Records of (1) any court of this state or (2) any court of record of the United States or of any state of the United States.(e) Rules of court of (1) any court of this state or (2) any court of record of the United States or of any state of the United States.(f) The law of an organization of nations and of foreign nations and public entities in foreign nations.(g) Facts and propositions that are of such common knowledge within the territorial jurisdiction of the court that they cannot reasonably be the subject of dispute.(h) Facts and propositions that are not reasonably subject to dispute and are capable of immediate and accurate determination by resort to sources of reasonably indisputable accuracy.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 452.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 452.5.

452.5.  (a) The official acts and records specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 452 include any computer-generated official court records, as specified by the Judicial Council, that relate to criminal convictions, when the record is certified by a clerk of the superior court pursuant to Section 69844.5 of the Government Code at the time of computer entry.(b) (1) An official record of conviction certified in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 1530, or an electronically digitized copy thereof, is admissible under Section 1280 to prove the commission, attempted commission, or solicitation of a criminal offense, prior conviction, service of a prison term, or other act, condition, or event recorded by the record.(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “electronically digitized copy” means a copy that is made by scanning, photographing, or otherwise exactly reproducing a document, is stored or maintained in a digitized format, and meets either of the following requirements:(A) The copy bears an electronic signature or watermark unique to the entity responsible for certifying the document.(B) The copied document is an official record of conviction, certified in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 1530, that is transmitted by the clerk of the superior court in a manner showing that the copy was prepared and transmitted by that clerk of the superior court. A seal, signature, or other indicia of the court shall constitute adequate showing.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 55. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Ev Code § 453 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 453.

453.  The trial court shall take judicial notice of any matter specified in Section 452 if a party requests it and:(a) Gives each adverse party sufficient notice of the request, through the pleadings or otherwise, to enable such adverse party to prepare to meet the request; and(b) Furnishes the court with sufficient information to enable it to take judicial notice of the matter.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 454 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 454.

454.  (a) In determining the propriety of taking judicial notice of a matter, or the tenor thereof:(1) Any source of pertinent information, including the advice of persons learned in the subject matter, may be consulted or used, whether or not furnished by a party.(2) Exclusionary rules of evidence do not apply except for Section 352 and the rules of privilege.(b) Where the subject of judicial notice is the law of an organization of nations, a foreign nation, or a public entity in a foreign nation and the court resorts to the advice of persons learned in the subject matter, such advice, if not received in open court, shall be in writing.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 455 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 455.

455.  With respect to any matter specified in Section 452 or in subdivision (f) of Section 451 that is of substantial consequence to the determination of the action:(a) If the trial court has been requested to take or has taken or proposes to take judicial notice of such matter, the court shall afford each party reasonable opportunity, before the jury is instructed or before the cause is submitted for decision by the court, to present to the court information relevant to (1) the propriety of taking judicial notice of the matter and (2) the tenor of the matter to be noticed.(b) If the trial court resorts to any source of information not received in open court, including the advice of persons learned in the subject matter, such information and its source shall be made a part of the record in the action and the court shall afford each party reasonable opportunity to meet such information before judicial notice of the matter may be taken.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 456 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 456.

456.  If the trial court denies a request to take judicial notice of any matter, the court shall at the earliest practicable time so advise the parties and indicate for the record that it has denied the request.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 457 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 457.

457.  If a matter judicially noticed is a matter which would otherwise have been for determination by the jury, the trial court may, and upon request shall, instruct the jury to accept as a fact the matter so noticed.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 458 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 458.

458.  The failure or refusal of the trial court to take judicial notice of a matter, or to instruct the jury with respect to the matter, does not preclude the trial court in subsequent proceedings in the action from taking judicial notice of the matter in accordance with the procedure specified in this division.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 459 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 459.

459.  (a) The reviewing court shall take judicial notice of (1) each matter properly noticed by the trial court and (2) each matter that the trial court was required to notice under Section 451 or 453. The reviewing court may take judicial notice of any matter specified in Section 452. The reviewing court may take judicial notice of a matter in a tenor different from that noticed by the trial court.(b) In determining the propriety of taking judicial notice of a matter, or the tenor thereof, the reviewing court has the same power as the trial court under Section 454.(c) When taking judicial notice under this section of a matter specified in Section 452 or in subdivision (f) of Section 451 that is of substantial consequence to the determination of the action, the reviewing court shall comply with the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 455 if the matter was not theretofore judicially noticed in the action.(d) In determining the propriety of taking judicial notice of a matter specified in Section 452 or in subdivision (f) of Section 451 that is of substantial consequence to the determination of the action, or the tenor thereof, if the reviewing court resorts to any source of information not received in open court or not included in the record of the action, including the advice of persons learned in the subject matter, the reviewing court shall afford each party reasonable opportunity to meet such information before judicial notice of the matter may be taken.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Ev Code § 460 (2021)
2021 California Code|Evidence Code - EVID|DIVISION 4 - JUDICIAL NOTICE|Section 460.

460.  Where the advice of persons learned in the subject matter is required in order to enable the court to take judicial notice of a matter, the court on its own motion or on motion of any party may appoint one or more such persons to provide such advice. If the court determines to appoint such a person, he shall be appointed and compensated in the manner provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 730) of Chapter 3 of Division 6.(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
CA Fam Code § 10000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 14 - FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR ACT|Section 10000.

10000.  This division shall be known and may be cited as the Family Law Facilitator Act.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 957, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Fam Code § 10001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 14 - FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR ACT|Section 10001.

10001.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:(1) Child and spousal support are serious legal obligations. The entry of a child support order is frequently delayed while parents engage in protracted litigation concerning custody and visitation. The current system for obtaining child and spousal support orders is suffering because the family courts are unduly burdened with heavy case loads and do not have sufficient personnel to meet increased demands on the courts.(2) Reports to the Legislature regarding the family law pilot projects in the Superior Courts of the Counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo indicate that the pilot projects have provided a cost-effective and efficient method for the courts to process family law cases that involve unrepresented litigants with issues concerning child support, spousal support, and health insurance.(3) The reports to the Legislature further indicate that the pilot projects in both counties have been successful in making the process of obtaining court orders concerning child support, spousal support, and health insurance more accessible to unrepresented parties. Surveys conducted by both counties indicate a high degree of satisfaction with the services provided by the pilot projects.(4) There is a compelling state interest in having a speedy, conflict-reducing system for resolving issues of child support, spousal support, and health insurance that is cost-effective and accessible to families that cannot afford legal representation.(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to make the services provided in the family law pilot projects in the Counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo available to unrepresented parties in the superior courts of all California counties.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 957, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Fam Code § 10002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 14 - FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR ACT|Section 10002.

10002.  Each superior court shall maintain an office of the family law facilitator. The office of the family law facilitator shall be staffed by an attorney licensed to practice law in this state who has mediation or litigation experience, or both, in the field of family law. The family law facilitator shall be appointed by the superior court.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 957, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Fam Code § 10003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 14 - FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR ACT|Section 10003.

10003.  This division shall apply to all actions or proceedings for temporary or permanent child support, spousal support, health insurance, child custody, or visitation in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, legal separation, or exclusive child custody, or pursuant to the Uniform Parentage Act (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 12) or the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200)).(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 652, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Fam Code § 10004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 14 - FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR ACT|Section 10004.

10004.  Services provided by the family law facilitator shall include, but are not limited to, the following: providing educational materials to parents concerning the process of establishing parentage and establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support and spousal support in the courts; distributing necessary court forms and voluntary declarations of paternity; providing assistance in completing forms; preparing support schedules based upon statutory guidelines; and providing referrals to the local child support agency, family court services, and other community agencies and resources that provide services for parents and children. In counties where a family law information center exists, the family law facilitator shall provide assistance on child support issues.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 652, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Fam Code § 10005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 14 - FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR ACT|Section 10005.

10005.  (a) By local rule, the superior court may designate additional duties of the family law facilitator, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:(1) Meeting with litigants to mediate issues of child support, spousal support, and maintenance of health insurance, subject to Section 10012. Actions in which one or both of the parties are unrepresented by counsel shall have priority.(2) Drafting stipulations to include all issues agreed to by the parties, which may include issues other than those specified in Section 10003.(3) If the parties are unable to resolve issues with the assistance of the family law facilitator, prior to or at the hearing, and at the request of the court, the family law facilitator shall review the paperwork, examine documents, prepare support schedules, and advise the judge whether or not the matter is ready to proceed.(4) Assisting the clerk in maintaining records.(5) Preparing formal orders consistent with the court’s announced order in cases where both parties are unrepresented.(6) Serving as a special master in proceedings and making findings to the court unless the family law facilitator has served as a mediator in that case.(7) Providing the services specified in Section 10004 concerning the issues of child custody and visitation as they relate to calculating child support, if funding is provided for that purpose.(b) If staff and other resources are available and the duties listed in subdivision (a) have been accomplished, the duties of the family law facilitator may also include the following:(1) Assisting the court with research and any other responsibilities that will enable the court to be responsive to the litigants’ needs.(2) Developing programs for bar and community outreach through day and evening programs, video recordings, and other innovative means that will assist unrepresented and financially disadvantaged litigants in gaining meaningful access to family court. These programs shall specifically include information concerning underutilized legislation, such as expedited child support orders (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 3620) of Part 1 of Division 9), and preexisting, court-sponsored programs, such as supervised visitation and appointment of attorneys for children.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 138. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Fam Code § 10006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 14 - FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR ACT|Section 10006.

10006.  The court shall adopt a protocol wherein all litigants, both unrepresented by counsel and represented by counsel, have ultimate access to a hearing before the court.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 957, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Fam Code § 10007 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 14 - FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR ACT|Section 10007.

10007.  The court shall provide the family law facilitator at no cost to the parties.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 957, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)