The Best Evidence Rule permits secondary evidence when:

• A. The original is in another country.
• B. The witness cannot remember the event.
• C. The case involves a minor child.
• D. The original is lost or destroyed with no bad faith.

Answer: (D)

The Best Evidence Rule asks you to prove the content of a writing with the original document when the content is at issue. But there’s a crucial exception: secondary evidence is allowed if the original is lost or destroyed, and there’s no bad faith in the loss or destruction. That combination—loss or destruction plus no bad faith—lets you use copies, testimony about the content, or other secondary evidence to prove what the writing says.

So this choice fits perfectly: the original is lost or destroyed with no bad faith. If the original were simply in another country or a witness couldn’t remember the event, those facts don’t create the BE Rule exception. The presence of a minor child isn’t relevant to this rule either. The bad-faith element is essential: if someone destroyed the original to obstruct production, the secondary evidence rule wouldn’t be triggered in the same way.