CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Community Property Issues
......Evidentiary Issues: Selected
.........Expert Testimony: In General
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  • Expert testimony is admissible concerning any subject sufficiently beyond common experience such that testimony will assist trier of fact.
  • Expert testimony that H's post dissolution service fees were adequate, therefore all other profits paid stemmed from predissolution services, was supported by neither evidence nor methodology.
  • Expert testimony on domestic law is usually inadmissible.
  • Generally, expert testimony not permitted on issue of how law should be applied.