Cal. Evidence Code § 980
Cal. Evidence Code § 980
California · California Evidence Code · Status: effective · Effective 2017-01-01
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- Cal. Evidence Code § 980, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/769347
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Subject to Section 912 and except as otherwise provided in this article, a spouse (or his or her guardian or conservator when he or she has a guardian or conservator), whether or not a party, has a privilege during the marital or domestic partnership relationship and afterwards to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a communication if he or she claims the privilege and the communication was made in confidence between him or her and the other spouse while they were spouses.