What obligation does a court have to provide a statement of decision after a trial?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Ramanan v. Cal. Bd. of Accountancy, H041566 (Cal. App. 2019):

Under Code of Civil Procedure section 632, a court is obligated after a trial, upon a timely request by a party, to provide a statement of decision "explaining the factual and legal basis for its decision as to each of the principal controverted issues at trial."40 (See also Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1590.) "A hearing on a petition for writ of administrative mandamus is a trial of a question of fact for purposes of Code of Civil Procedure section 632," requiring a statement of decision upon a party's timely request. (Giuffre v. Sparks (1999) 76 Cal.App.4th 1322, 1326, fn. 3.)

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