2364 A trial court should not appoint a discovery referee over the objection of one of the parties unless there is something out of the ordinary in the discovery dispute involved; in the absence of reason to question the accuracy of a declaration, the court should accept a litigant's declaration of financial hardship.CitationHOOD v SUPERIOR COURT (Discovery Referee) 72 CA4 446 [See: CCP 639; Taggares v Superior Court 62 CA4 94, T/AT 4/98; DeBlase v Superior Court 41 CA4 1279, T/AT 1/96; McDonald v Superior Court 22 CA4 364, T/AT 3/94; Solorzano v Superior Court 18 CA4 603, T/AT 11/93]
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