Legal Question in Telecomm Law in California
Recording telephone call
Is it legal to record a telephone call between myself and my minor son? I need to know because my EX is spreading rumors about what I am saying to son during our phone conversations and I would like to protect myself. I can find the laws about taping other people but not about a Parent taping a call to their own child.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Recording telephone call
In California, it is illegal to surreptitiously record a phone call. In other words, all parties to the call must give their consent,(by continuing to speak after being advised the call is being recorded).
Usually, however, under the law a minor is not legally competent to give that consent... so the question is whether a parent can give the consent. (I don't know enough about family law to answer this but I suspect that a custodial parent CAN give such consent...)
IN any case, it's important that the child KNOW he/she's being recorded
Re: Recording telephone call
Mr. Firemark has given you a very good answer.
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