CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay
......Confrontation
.........Juvenile/Family Law Cases
............Dependency-Termination Cases
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Court shall consider the wishes of the child, bearing in mind the age of the child, and shall act in the best interest of the child.

At in chambers hearing: Child 10 or older shall be heard on matters of feelings, thoughts, preference re custody.

Testimony of child in chambers and outside presence of child's parents where counsel present and other circumstances exist.

Testimony of minor may be taken outside presence of parents.

Admission of social study where witnesses whose statements therein do not testify is not denial of confrontation.

Transcript of prior trial not denial of confrontation rights.

Minor witness may be examined at dependency hearing without face-to-face confrontation.

Parents properly excluded from chambers while child testifying; judge not required to take testimony to see if procedure warranted.

Parent not denied right of confrontation when child testified in chambers and parents' attorney permitted to cross-examine.

Cases and procedures re taking of child's testimony out of presence of parents in dependency and termination proceedings