This form, Discovery Interrogatories from Defendant to Plaintiff with Production Requests, is a sample of interrogatories for the Defendant in a Divorce action to ask the Plaintiff. It also includes requests for production of documents. You should only use this form as a guide and delete questions not relevant to your case, as well as add questions you or your client want to ask the Plaintiff based upon the facts of your case. It also includes the separate Notice of Filing of Discovery to be filed with the Court Clerk.
Houston Texas Discovery Interrogatories from Defendant to Plaintiff with Production Requests
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Interrogatories are a discovery tool that the parties can use to have specific questions about a case answered before trial. Interrogatories are lists of questions sent to the other party that s/he must respond to in writing.
During discovery, the parties request and exchange information and documents. Interrogatories and depositions form the bulk of the discovery process. Unlike many legal documents, interrogatories do not need to be filed with the court. They're sent back and forth from one party to another.
Whereas depositions are useful for obtaining candid responses from a party and answers not prepared in advance, interrogatories are designed to obtain accurate information about specific topics. Interrogatories can be quicker, less costly, and less complicated than depositions, but there are downsides.
Answers to interrogatories can be much more complete than answers to deposition questions. Interrogatories are generally less expensive than depositions because they don't require court reporter fees, transcript costs, or attorney time in traveling to and from the deposition.
Any party may serve on any other party no more than 15 written requests for production. Each discrete subpart of a request for production is considered a separate request for production.
As a rule, four types of discovery are identified. These include deposition, interrogatories, production of documents, and physical or mental examinations (Crain et al. 138).
Interrogatories, which are written questions about things that are relevant or important to the case. (NRCP 33; JCRCP 33) Requests for production of documents or things, which are written requests that demand the other side provide particular documents or items.
There are basically six types of discovery in family court: 1) interrogatories; 2) requests for production of documents and inspection 3) requests for admissions; 4) depositions; 5) subpoenas duces tecum; 6) physical and mental examinations.
Discovery is the legal process that lets each side of a lawsuit ask the other side for information that is related to the case. During discovery, both parties must show the other side evidence they plan to use during trial.
In a civil action, an interrogatory is a list of questions one party sends to another as part of the discovery process. The recipient must answer the questions under oath and according to the case's schedule.
