New Trials in California
Part 2, Title 8, Chapter 7, Article 2 deals with new trial in civil actions. Section 656 provides that a new trial is a re-examination of an issue of fact in the same court after a trial and decision by...
Author: Chris Micheli
Chris Micheli is an attorney and lobbyist with Snodgrass & Micheli, LLC, as well as an Adjunct Professor at McGeorge School of Law.
Property of Unincorporated Associations
Corporations Code Title 3, Part 1, Chapter 3 deals with property held by an unincorporated association in this state. Section 18100 provides that the interest of a member in an unincorporated association is personal property. Section 18105 allows an unincorporated...
Fourth Quiz on Where Areas of Law Are Found in the California Codes
As readers may recall, almost all statutes enacted by the California Legislature are found in one of the 29 Codes (i.e., they are “codified” statutes) that contain over 155,000 sections of state law. Among those provisions, some are found in...
Depositions in Writing
Code of Civil Procedure Part 4, Title 4, Chapter 11 deals with depositions by written questions under the Civil Discovery Act. Section 2028.010 allows any party to obtain discovery by taking a deposition by written questions instead of by oral...
Scope of Civil Discovery
Part 4, Title 4, Chapter 2 deals with the scope of discovery under the Civil Discovery Act. Article 1 provides general provisions. Section 2017.010 allows any party to obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the...
Affidavits in California
Part 4, Title 3, Chapter 3, Article 2 deals with affidavits and the manner of production of evidence in this state. Section 2009 provides that an affidavit may be used to verify a pleading or a paper in a special...
Statewide Child Support Registry
Division 17, Chapter 1, Article 4 deals with the Statewide Registry for Child Support under the Department of Child Support Services. Section 17390 contains a legislative finding and declaration that there is no single statewide database containing statistical data regarding...