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California Code Of Civil Procedure Section 643

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(a) Unless otherwise directed by the court, the referees or
commissioner must report their statement of decision in writing to
the court within 20 days after the hearing, if any, has been
concluded and the matter has been submitted.
   (b) A referee appointed pursuant to Section 638 shall report as
agreed by the parties and approved by the court.
   (c) A referee appointed pursuant to Section 639 shall file with
the court a report that includes a recommendation on the merits of
any disputed issue, a statement of the total hours spent and the
total fees charged by the referee, and the referee's recommended
allocation of payment. The referee shall serve the report on all
parties.  Any party may file an objection to the referee's report or
recommendations within 10 days after the referee serves and files the
report, or within another time as the court may direct.  The
objection shall be served on the referee and all other parties.
Responses to the objections shall be filed with the court and served
on the referee and all other parties within 10 days after the
objection is served. The court shall review any objections to the
report and any responses submitted to those objections and shall
thereafter enter appropriate orders. Nothing in this section is
intended to deprive the court of its power to change the terms of the
referee's appointment or to modify or disregard the referee's
recommendations, and this overriding power may be exercised at any
time, either on the motion of any party for good cause shown or on
the court's own motion.

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