CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Continuances
.........Statutory Authority
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Standards for determining good cause for continuances.

Time within which any act must be done may be extended by order of court.

Affidavit required for continuance on grounds of absence of evidence.

Trial may be continued by court's own motion.

30-day continuance "automatic" by consent of parties.

Defendant appearing at initial DCSS child support hearing is entitled to a 90-day continuance to exercise his/her rights.