California Code of Civil Procedure. California

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      (1) A case management conference, provided the party has made a good faith effort to meet and confer before the conference as required by law and has timely served and filed a case management statement.

      (2) A trial setting conference.

      (3) A hearing on law and motion, except motions in limine.

      (4) A hearing on a discovery motion.

      (5) A conference to review the status of an arbitration or mediation.

      (6) A hearing to review the dismissal of an action.

      (7) Any other hearing, conference, or proceeding if the court determines that a telephone appearance is appropriate.

      (c) The court may require a party to appear in person at a hearing, conference, or proceeding listed in subdivision (b) if the court determines on a hearing-by-hearing basis that a personal appearance would materially assist in the determination of the proceedings or in the effective management or resolution of the particular case.

      (d) Consistent with its constitutional rulemaking authority, the Judicial Council shall adopt rules effectuating the policies and provisions in this section by January 1, 2008, and may adopt rules relating to matters not covered by subdivision (a). The rules may prescribe, but are not limited to prescribing, the notice to be given by a party requesting a telephone appearance under subdivision (a), the manner in which telephone appearances are to be conducted, the conditions required for a party to be permitted to appear by telephone, and provisions relating to the courts’ use of private vendors to provide telephone services.

      (e) This section does not apply to any types of cases or types of conferences, hearings, and proceedings except those specified in subdivision (b). Consistent with its constitutional rulemaking authority, the Judicial Council may by rule provide for the procedures and practices, and for the administration of, telephone appearances for all types of cases and matters not specified in subdivision (b). For these other cases and matters, the Judicial Council may specify the types of cases and matters in which parties may appear by telephone, the types of cases and matters in which parties shall appear personally, the conditions under which a party may be permitted to appear by telephone, and any other rules governing telephone and personal appearances that are within its rulemaking authority.

      (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 268, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)

      367.6. (a) On or before July 1, 2011, the Judicial Council shall establish statewide, uniform fees to be paid by a party for appearing by telephone, which shall supersede any fees paid to vendors and courts under any previously existing agreements and procedures. The fees to be paid for telephone appearances shall include:

      (1) A fee for providing the telephone appearance service pursuant to a timely request to the vendor or court.

      (2) An additional fee for providing services if the request is made shortly before the hearing, as defined by the Judicial Council.

      (3) A fee for canceling a telephone appearance request.

      (b) If a party has received a waiver of fees pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 68630) of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Government Code, neither a vendor nor a court shall charge that party any of the fees authorized by this section, subject to the following:

      (1) The vendor or court that provides the telephone appearance service shall have a lien, as provided by rule of court, on any judgment, including a judgment for costs, that the party may receive, in the amount of the fee that the party would have paid for the telephone appearance.

      (2) If the vendor or court later receives a fee or a portion of a fee for appearance by telephone that was previously waived, that fee shall be distributed consistent with Section 72011 of the Government Code.

      (c) The fee described in this section shall be a recoverable cost under Section 1033.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

      (Amended (as added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 720, Sec. 3) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 41, Sec. 1. Effective June 27, 2012.)

      368. In the case of an assignment of a thing in action, the action by the assignee is without prejudice to any set-off, or other defense existing at the time of, or before, notice of the assignment; but this section does not apply to a negotiable promissory note or bill of exchange, transferred in good faith, and upon good consideration, before maturity.

      (Enacted 1872.)

      368.5. An action or proceeding does not abate by the transfer of an interest in the action or proceeding or by any other transfer of an interest. The action or proceeding may be continued in the name of the original party, or the court may allow the person to whom the transfer is made to be substituted in the action or proceeding.

      (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1993.)

      369. (a) The following persons may sue without joining as parties the persons for whose benefit the action is prosecuted:

      (1) A personal representative, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 58 of the Probate Code.

      (2) A trustee of an express trust.

      (3) Except for a person upon whom a power of sale has been conferred pursuant to a deed of trust or mortgage, a person with whom, or in whose name, a contract is made for the benefit of another.

      (4) Any other person expressly authorized by statute.

      (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a trustee upon whom a power of sale has been conferred pursuant to a deed of trust or mortgage may sue to exercise the trustee’s powers and duties pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2920) of Title 14 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.

      (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1993.)

      369.5. (a) A partnership or other unincorporated association, whether organized for profit or not, may sue and be sued in the name it has assumed or by which it is known.

      (b) A member of the partnership or other unincorporated association may be joined as a party in an action against the unincorporated association. If service of process is made on the member as an individual, whether or not the member is also served as a person upon whom service is made on behalf of the unincorporated association, a judgment against the member based on the member’s personal liability may be obtained in the action, whether the liability is joint, joint and several, or several.

      (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1993.)

      CHAPTER 2.

      Married Person

      370. A married person may be sued without his or her spouse being joined as a party, and may sue without his or her spouse being joined as a party in all actions.

      (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1241.)

      371. If a husband and wife are sued together, each may defend for his or her own right, but if one spouse neglects to defend, the other spouse may defend for that spouse’s right also.

      (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1241.)

      CHAPTER 3.

      Disability of Party

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