California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jones v. David, B301930 (Cal. App. 2021):
We review the trial court's decision to exclude evidence for abuse of discretion. (Uspenskaya v. Meline (2015) 241 Cal.App.4th 996, 1000.) "We will not disturb a trial court's exercise of discretion '"except on a showing the trial court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice." [Citation.]' [Citation.]" (Ibid.) "'A decision will not be reversed merely because reasonable people might disagree.' [Citation.]" (Id. at p. 1001.)
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