CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...The Child Witness
......Competency
.........Statutes
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Every person is competent witness.

Witness incompetent if incapable of expressing self or understanding duty to tell truth.

In court trial, court may reserve challenges to competency until after witness testifies.

Court shall take special care to protect witnesses under age of 14 (or dependent persons with a substantial cognitive impairment).

Burden of establishing that witness incompetent to testify is on party objecting to admission of testimony.

Testimony of children under 10; instructions.

Testimony of a single competent witness sufficient to prove any point.