{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-970","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 970","heading":"","body":"Except as otherwise provided by statute, a married person has a privilege not to testify against his spouse in any proceeding.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES [900. - 1070.]","CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges [930. - 1063.]","ARTICLE 4. Privilege Not to Testify Against Spouse [970. - 973.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"43935a4c767418b203bac68fa69a1188c07b76cf7e5b0d4763bdf9fdc62671ae","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-968","next":"us-ca/evid-971"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}