{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"984","citation":"Evid. Code, § 984","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES [900. - 1070.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges [930. - 1063.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Privilege for Confidential Marital Communications [980. - 987.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8/chapter-4/article-5"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>There is no privilege under this article in:</p><p>(a) A proceeding brought by or on behalf of one spouse against the other spouse.</p><p>(b) A proceeding between a surviving spouse and a person who claims through the deceased spouse, regardless of whether such claim is by testate or intestate succession or by inter vivos transaction.</p>","text":"There is no privilege under this article in: (a) A proceeding brought by or on behalf of one spouse against the other spouse. (b) A proceeding between a surviving spouse and a person who claims through the deceased spouse, regardless of whether such claim is by testate or intestate succession or by inter vivos transaction.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/privilege-for-confidential-marital-communications-984","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}