CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
.........Exceptions
............Probate Actions
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No privilege if communication relevant to issue between parties claiming through decedent.

No privilege if communication relevant to intention of deceased patient re writing affecting interest in property.

No privilege as to communication relevant to issue re validity of deed of conveyance, will, or other writing, executed by patient, now deceased, purporting to affect interest in property.