Evidence Code section 1315

Evidence of a statement concerning a person’s birth, marriage, divorce, death, parent and child relationship, race, ancestry, relationship by blood or marriage, or other similar fact of family history which is contained in a writing made as a record of a church, religious denomination, or religious society is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if:

(a)

The statement is contained in a writing made as a record of an act, condition, or event that would be admissible as evidence of such act, condition, or event under Section 1271; and

(b)

The statement is of a kind customarily recorded in connection with the act, condition, or event recorded in the writing.

Source: Section 1315, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=EVID§ionNum=1315.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1975; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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