{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-980","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 980","heading":"","body":"Subject to Section 912 and except as otherwise provided in this article, a spouse (or his or her guardian or conservator when he or she has a guardian or conservator), whether or not a party, has a privilege during the marital or domestic partnership relationship and afterwards to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a communication if he or she claims the privilege and the communication was made in confidence between him or her and the other spouse while they were spouses.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES [900. - 1070.]","CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges [930. - 1063.]","ARTICLE 5. Privilege for Confidential Marital Communications [980. - 987.]"],"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":"f4237d389fbce93b78c917fe751ebef0635b9b1970760645b8f0156eebe58fd8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-973","next":"us-ca/evid-981"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}