California · Evidence Code
EVID §1313: Evidence of reputation among members of a family is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns the birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ances
What this law says, in plain English
Family reputation evidence about birth, marriage, divorce, death, parentage, race, and ancestry is exempt from hearsay restrictions.
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Evidence of reputation among members of a family is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the reputation concerns the birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry, relationship by blood or marriage, or other similar fact of the family history of a member of the family by blood or marriage.
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