CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Custody and Visitation
......Testimony of Minors
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  • Court may preclude child from testifying as to custody or visitation preference when in child's best interest and alternative means available to learn preferences.
  • Children’s participation and testimony in family court proceedings.
  • Excluding testimony of "very eager" 13-yr.-old, without a finding of good cause, and without any evidentiary basis, rendered CANRA proceeding against mother fundamentally unfair.
  • Court may prevent open court testimony by child witness to avoid damage to child/parent relationship.
  • Testimony of children in chambers favored over testimony in open court.