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Depositions in Writing

January 4, 2026 4:30 amJanuary 4, 2026 4:31 am

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

January 3, 2026 4:37 pmJanuary 3, 2026 4:37 pm

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

January 3, 2026 5:00 amJanuary 3, 2026 5:01 am

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

January 2, 2026 2:00 pmJanuary 2, 2026 2:01 pm

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...

Foreign Country Money Judgments

January 2, 2026 2:55 amJanuary 2, 2026 2:56 am

Part 3, Title 11, Chapter 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with foreign country money judgments in civil cases in California. Section 1713 names the law the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. Section 1714 defines the terms...

How Many Bills Are on the Inactive Files?

January 1, 2026 8:34 pmJanuary 1, 2026 8:34 pm

As we begin the second year of the 2-year Session, we need to not only be concerned with 2-year bills in policy committees, but also those pending on the Floors. While there are quite a few bills on second house Inactive...

Actions Against Usurping Public Office

January 1, 2026 2:00 pmJanuary 1, 2026 2:01 pm

Code of Civil Procedure Part 2, Title 10, Chapter 5 deals with actions for the usurpation of an office or franchise in California. Section 802 abolished the writ of sire facies. Section 803 authorizes an action to be brought by...