California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jameson v. Desta, 234 Cal.Rptr.3d 831, 420 P.3d 746, 5 Cal.5th 594 (Cal. 2018):
Taggares v. Superior Court (1998) 62 Cal.App.4th 94, 106, 72 Cal.Rptr.2d 387 ["Unless the court makes a cost-free option available to the parties, it may not order a [discovery] reference in [a case involving an indigent party]. Instead, the trial court should retain and resolve these matters ...."].)19
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