{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"1120","citation":"Evid. Code, § 1120","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. EVIDENCE AFFECTED OR EXCLUDED BY EXTRINSIC POLICIES [1100. - 1162.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Mediation [1115. - 1129.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-9/chapter-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 60, Sec. 1.   (SB 217)   Effective January 1, 2018.","effective":"2018-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Evidence otherwise admissible or subject to discovery outside of a mediation or a mediation consultation shall not be or become inadmissible or protected from disclosure solely by reason of its introduction or use in a mediation or a mediation consultation.</p><p>(b) This chapter does not limit any of the following:</p><p>(1) The admissibility of an agreement to mediate a dispute.</p><p>(2) The effect of an agreement not to take a default or an agreement to extend the time within which to act or refrain from acting in a pending civil action.</p><p>(3) Disclosure of the mere fact that a mediator has served, is serving, will serve, or was contacted about serving as a mediator in a dispute.</p><p>(4) The admissibility of declarations of disclosure required by Sections <a href=\"/fam/2104\">2104</a> and <a href=\"/fam/2105\">2105</a> of the Family Code, even if prepared for the purpose of, in the course of, or pursuant to, a mediation or a mediation consultation.</p>","text":"(a) Evidence otherwise admissible or subject to discovery outside of a mediation or a mediation consultation shall not be or become inadmissible or protected from disclosure solely by reason of its introduction or use in a mediation or a mediation consultation. (b) This chapter does not limit any of the following: (1) The admissibility of an agreement to mediate a dispute. (2) The effect of an agreement not to take a default or an agreement to extend the time within which to act or refrain from acting in a pending civil action. (3) Disclosure of the mere fact that a mediator has served, is serving, will serve, or was contacted about serving as a mediator in a dispute. (4) The admissibility of declarations of disclosure required by Sections 2104 and 2105 of the Family Code, even if prepared for the purpose of, in the course of, or pursuant to, a mediation or a mediation consultation.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/mediation-1120","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}