Section 985.  


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  • There is no privilege under this article in a criminal proceeding in which one spouse is charged with:

    (a) A crime committed at any time against the person or property of the other spouse or of a child of either.

    (b) A crime committed at any time against the person or property of a third person committed in the course of committing a crime against the person or property of the other spouse.

    (c) Bigamy.

    (d) A crime defined by Section 270 or 270a of the Penal Code.

(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 71.)