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Main Forums => Dear Socrateaser => Topic started by: jpantel on Mar 01, 2005, 09:33:13 PM
Soc,
I am in Pro Per in Orange County, California in a custody matter.
I have a few answering machine messages left by the respondent mother knowingly that I would like to submit into evidence.
One is of the mother say that our child is hers, all hers, she will tell me when I can see him and for how long I can see him, how she wants child support and when she wants it.
I think that the court needs to hear the tone of her voice and the controlling nature of the respondent so they know why I had to take her to court in the first place.
1. Can you please find me case law or anything I can notate to the court that shows that answering machine messages that are knowingly left are admissable in court?
>1. Can you please find me case law or anything I can notate to
>the court that shows that answering machine messages that are
>knowingly left are admissable in court?
A person who knowingly leaves a message on an answering machine, knows that they are being recorded, therefore the recording is admissible.
What exactly do you want to prove with your recording?