Where this sits
- Chapter 4.5.
- Division of Workers' Compensation
- Subchapter 2. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board--Rules and Practice Procedure
- Article 15. Findings, Awards and Orders
The regulation, as printed
(a) Findings, awards and orders may be based upon stipulations of parties in open court or upon written stipulation signed by the parties. (b) No finding shall be made contrary to a stipulation of the parties without giving the parties notice and an opportunity to be heard.
Authority and history
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133 and 5307, Labor Code. Reference: Section 5702, Labor Code.
1. New section filed 12-17-2019; operative 1-1-2020. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2019, No. 51).
What panels did with this rule
Released decisions that named § 10835, with the passage each turned on. A panel decision persuades; it does not bind.
- ADJ12047947 · 2026-05-26 · Marina del Rey District Office8 CCR § 10835
Determinative passage · p.4We note that while the parties may stipulate to the facts in controversy, the WCJ is not bound by the parties' stipulations and may make further inquiry into the matter "to enable it to determine the matter in controversy." (Lab. Code, § 5702; see also Weatherall, supra, at p. 1119; Turner Gas Co. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Kinney) (1975) 47 Cal.App.3d 286 [40 Cal.Comp.Cases 253].) However, WCAB Rule 10835 provides that no finding shall be made contrary to a stipulation of the parties without giving the parties notice and an opportunity to be heard. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10835.)
The Board noted the WCJ's authority to inquire further on the C&R and the need for a complete record for review.
Official decision · page 4 →
Rules beside this one
Article 15. Findings, Awards and Orders — regulations rarely stand alone, and the answer is often two sections away.
- § 10832Notices of Intention and Orders after Notices of Intention.28 decisions
- § 10833Minute Orders.1 decisions
- § 10840Approval of Attorney's Fee by Workers' Compensation Appeals Board Required.1 decisions
- § 10842Request for Increase of Attorney's Fee9 decisions
- § 10843Petitions for Removal and Answers. [Renumbered]29 decisions
- § 10844Reasonable Attorney's Fee.21 decisions