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Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 8 - PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 4 - Particular Privileges
ARTICLE 5 - Privilege for Confidential Marital Communications
Section 980.
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CA Ev Code § 980 (2021)
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980.
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.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 34. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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