Handling legal paperwork is essential in the modern world.
However, it isn’t always necessary to pursue professional help for drafting certain documents from scratch, such as the Houston Plaintiff's Initial Set of Interrogatories and Document Request, using a service like US Legal Forms.
US Legal Forms offers more than 85,000 templates to choose from across a variety of categories ranging from living wills to real estate documents to divorce forms.
Go to the My documents section to download the document again.
If you are already a member of US Legal Forms, locate the relevant Houston Plaintiff's Initial Set of Interrogatories and Document Request, Log In to your account, and download it. It is important to note that our platform cannot fully replace an attorney. If you face a particularly complex case, we recommend utilizing an attorney’s services to review your document prior to signing and submitting it.
Your answers to the interrogatories should usually be short, clear, and direct and should answer only the question that is being asked. This is not the time to set out your entire case or defense to the other side. Take the time to make sure your answers are correct and truthful.
Under new Rule 190.3, discovery begins when initial disclosures are due (as opposed to when suit is filed under the old rules) and continues until: 30 days before the trial date in Family Code cases; or. In other cases, the earlier of. 30 days before the trial date, or. Nine months after initial disclosures are due.
If the other side does not think that your objection is valid, s/he may be able to file a motion to compel, which basically asks the judge to force you to answer the interrogatories. The judge will then decide whether the question in the interrogatories must be answered or not.
Interrogatories are to be raised at a pre-trial stage and must have a close connection with the matter in question, whereas cross examinations have a wider scope of questions that can be asked.
Rule 190 - Discovery Limitations 190.1 Discovery Control Plan Required. Every case must be governed by a discovery control plan as provided in this Rule. A plaintiff must allege in the first numbered paragraph of the original petition whether discovery is intended to be conducted under Level 1, 2, or 3 of this Rule.
(1) Requests for production. Each party may serve no more than 25 written requests for production. Each discrete subpart of a request for production is considered a separate request for production. (2) Interrogatories.
Interrogatories are lists of questions sent to the other party that s/he must respond to in writing. You can use interrogatories to find out facts about a case but they cannot be used for questions that draw a legal conclusion.
Any party may serve on any other party no more than 15 written interrogatories, excluding interrogatories asking a party only to identify or authenticate specific documents. Each discrete subpart of an interrogatory is considered a separate interrogatory.
197.1 Interrogatories. A party may serve on another party - no later than 30 days before the end of the discovery period -written interrogatories to inquire about any matter within the scope of discovery except matters covered by Rule 195.
If they produce documents which prove not to be producible under R. 7-1(1), they may be guilty of breaching their client's confidence; yet if they decline to produce they may breach their duty as officer of the court.