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California Code Of Civil Procedure Section 644

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(a) In the case of a consensual general reference pursuant to
Section 638, the decision of the referee or commissioner upon the
whole issue must stand as the decision of the court, and upon filing
of the statement of decision with the clerk of the court, judgment
may be entered thereon in the same manner as if the action had been
tried by the court.
   (b) In the case of all other references, the decision of the
referee or commissioner is only advisory. The court may adopt the
referee's recommendations, in whole or in part, after independently
considering the referee's findings and any objections and responses
thereto filed with the court.

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