In California, The most common methods include personal service, where a registered process server personally hands over the court papers to the defendant.
Individuals See MCR 2.105(A) Process may be served on a resident or nonresident individual by: (1) delivering a summons and a copy of the complaint to the defendant personally, or (2) sending a summons and a copy of the complaint by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and delivery restricted to the ...
(2) Each separately represented party may serve no more than twenty interrogatories upon each party. A discrete subpart of an interrogatory counts as a separate interrogatory.
(ii) Parties answering a complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party complaint must serve initial disclosures 14 days after the opposing party's disclosures are due or 28 days after filing an answer, whichever is later.
In Michigan, you generally have 28 days after being served with the interrogatories to provide responses and any objections to the interrogatories. Although you aren't questioned in person, it's just as important that you only provide truthful answers since you are still under oath.
If serving by mail, the court rules require service by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, restricting delivery only to the addressee/ defendant. Service is complete when the defendant acknowledges receipt of the mailing by signature.
How to fill out Form Interrogatories Fill in basic information at the top of the form. Provide basic information about your case. Select the questions. On Page 2, check the box next to each question you want to ask your spouse to answer. Make copies. Make 1 copy of the completed Form Interrogatories – Family Law.