This 30-minute CLE program gets right into the critical considerations and practical methods of addressing the evidentiary admissibility of text messages at trial. Our panel of seasoned trial attorneys walk you through the practical steps for authenticating text messages in California courts and will conduct a case study of the recent Second District decision of Adoption of X.D. (2025) 114 Cal.App.5th812 which further explores methods of authentication beyond the testimony of the text author.