CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
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Child Support
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Evidentiary Issues: Selected
.........Right Against Self-Incrimination
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H who failed to make court-ordered support payments cannot take the Fifth to avoid testifying about personal income at judgment debtor exam.
Family law court has no duty to warn witness of right against self-incrimination if matter purely civil and circumstances do not put court on notice of potential for self-incrimination.