{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-3117","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 3117","heading":"","body":"The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 1999, do both of the following:\n(a) Adopt standards for full and partial court-connected evaluations, investigations, and assessments related to child custody.\n(b) Adopt procedural guidelines for the expeditious and cost-effective cross-examination of court-appointed investigators, including, but not limited to, the use of electronic technology whereby the court-appointed investigator may not need to be present in the courtroom. These guidelines shall in no way limit the requirement that the court-appointed investigator be available for the purposes of cross-examination. These guidelines shall also provide for written notification to the parties of the right to cross-examine these investigators after the parties have had a reasonable time to review the investigator’s report.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 8. CUSTODY OF CHILDREN [3000. - 3465.]","PART 2. RIGHT TO CUSTODY OF MINOR CHILD [3020. - 3204.]","CHAPTER 6. Custody Investigation and Report [3110. - 3118.]"],"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":"4dd49e55ee8b54656876d753a79621695b7baec5f5619d7597873acb43dd919e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-3116","next":"us-ca/fam-3118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}