Presumptions in Civil Actions and Proceedings

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1. Can evidence already in the record be relevant to meeting a civil presumption?
2. Two properly applicable civil presumptions address compatible facts and point to no contradictory conclusion. Must the …
3. A civil presumption favors a party, but that party’s own admitted records supply competent contrary proof. The opponent…
4. A litigant demands priority for an asserted civil presumption, but the basic facts required for that presumption have n…
5. A special governing law expressly prescribes a different effect for the particular civil presumption at issue. Counsel …
6. Explain why Section5’s conflict rule should not be invoked merely because two compatible civil presumptions coexist.
7. An opponent relies on the proponent’s own documents to meet a civil presumption. Explain why the absence of a new defen…
8. Explain the relationship between Section5’s default and a specific governing law that prescribes another effect.