California Code
ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions
Section 873.040.

873.040. (a) The court shall appoint as referee under this title any person or persons to whose appointment all parties have consented.

(b) In the case of a minor party or a party for whom a conservator of the estate has been appointed, the guardian or conservator of the estate of the party may so consent.

(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 730.)