CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure After Trial/Hearing
......Attack on Judgments/Orders
.........Motion for New Trial
............Grounds
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Grounds for motion for new trial.

Moving party bears burden of proving why reasonable diligence would not have produced "newly discovered" evidence prior to trial.

Negligence of trial counsel does not constitute "accident or surprise" for purposes of motion for new trial.