What are the rules of practice and procedure applicable to family law proceedings under the California Family Code?

For decades, practitioners have enjoyed the informality and flexibility afforded in marital dissolution proceedings. Nonetheless, these proceedings are governed by the same statutory rules of evidence and procedure applicable in other civil actions. ( Elkins v. Superior Court (2007) 41 Cal.4th 1337, 1354, 63 Cal.Rptr.3d 483, 163 P.3d 160 ( Elkins ); 210 ["the rules of practice and procedure applicable to civil actions generally ... apply to, and constitute the rules of practice and procedure in, proceedings under [the Family Code]"].)