California Family Interrogatory Forms

Family Law Form interrogatories are one of the least expensive but most effective forms of discovery that can be used in a divorce case. They allow you to quickly obtain information from the other party about the assets and obligations that will need to be adjudicated in your divorce case.

So, can you refuse to answer interrogatories? The answer is, no, you may not.That answer must either permit inspection of the requested information or object to the production of the information for a specific reason.

You may object to Form Interrogatories, but be careful to use the proper objection. Using the wrong one or using every single one may lead the court to view you as misusing the discovery process and make you pay sanctions.

Interrogatories are written questions sent by one party to another, which the responding party must answer under penalty of perjury.Form interrogatories are an easy way for parties to ask common questions by simply checking the boxes for the questions they wish to ask.

You can object to an interrogatory if the information sought is known by the requesting party or available to both parties equally. For example, you should raise this objection if the answers are publicly available or in a third-party's custody or control.

You must answer each interrogatory separately and fully in writing under oath, unless you object to it. You must explain why you object. You must sign your answers and objections.

Your name and address. The Court's name. The title of the case. Case number. Fill your name in as the Requesting Party. On the following pages, choose which questions you wish to ask by checking boxes next to the questions you wish to ask.

Make it a lead-off general objection. Object to anything that is not relevant to the subject matter (no longer the standard) or not likely to lead to admissible evidence (no longer the standard). Don't say if anything is being withheld on the basis of the objection. Use boilerplate wording from form files.