The party claiming that any person, including himself, is or was insane has the burden of proof on that issue.
Cal. Evid. Code § 522
Burden of Proof on Specific Issues
Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case 22 Cal. 3d 318 - People v. Wetmore (1978)
Most recently applied in 354 F. Supp. 2d 1132 - Pop v. Yarborough (January 2005)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.