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Effective January 1, 2020, MCR 2.309(A)(2) was amended to set a presumptive limit of 20 interrogatories for each separately represented party.

Michigan's new scope allows discovery into any ?matters that are relevant to any party's claims or defenses.? This is slightly narrower than its previous scope that allowed discovery of matters ?relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending actions.?

Rule 2.313 - Failure to Serve Disclosure or to Provide or to Permit Discovery; Sanctions (A) Motion for Order Compelling Disclosure or Discovery. A party, on reasonable notice to other parties and all persons affected, may apply for an order compelling disclosure or discovery as follows: (1) Appropriate Court.

Parties may obtain discovery regarding any non-privileged matter that is relevant to any party's claims or defenses and proportional to the needs of the case, taking into account all pertinent factors, including whether the burden or expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit, the complexity of the ...

?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.? MCR 2.309(A)(2).

Discovery is a process used by parties to obtain information or documents to aid in the preparation of an appeal for hearing. The primary discovery devices are interrogatories, depositions, requests for admission, and requests for production. Interrogatories are written questions. See TTR 255.