CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Self-Incrimination Privilege
.........Constitutional & Statutory Authority
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Constitution provides right against self-incrimination.

Criminal suspect must be advised of constitutional rights and waive them before custodial interrogation.

State constitution provides for protection against self-incrimination.

Federal and state protections codified in Cal. Evid. Code.

D has statutory privilege to refuse to disclose incriminating matter to extent constitutionally allowable.

If party refuses to answer in interstate child custody dispute based on self-incrimination privilege, court may draw adverse inference.