PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Summary Judgment & Summary Adjudication
......Declarations & Affidavits
.........Competency Required
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Summary judgment statute requires that decl. show affirmatively that affiant is competent to testify to matters stated therein.

Conclusory declaration insufficient.

Requirement of Code Civ. Proc. §437c (d) is not that declarant recite conclusion that he can competently testify but that he allege facts showing his competence.

Discussion of competency requirement.