If I have to submit my response to discovery, special interrogatories, etc., are there any legal codes that I must include or can I simply answer the questions?
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If I have to submit my response to discovery, special interrogatories, etc., are there any legal codes that I must include or can I simply answer the questions?
I must do so within 24 hours; I am self-represented.
Asked on March 23, 2013 under Accident Law, California
Answers:
B.H.F., Member, Texas State Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If you are not objecting to the nature or form of any of the questions, then you can simply answer the responses and submit them. You only need a "legal code" when you are objecting on the basis of some statute. Answering discovery on your own can be risky. You may want to consider asking the other side and the court for an extended response deadline in order to find an attorney to at least look of your answers, even if you don't hire the attorney for full representation. The reason this is important is that any response you give could be used against you later at a trial-- should the case get that far.
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