Steps Involved In The Divorce Process: Discovery

There are five steps to the discovery phase.

• Disclosures: Every state has rules of civil procedure and the way disclosure is conducted is determined by those rules. Attorneys for both parties request certain items from the other party. The list of items is sent to the other side and they must respond within thirty days.

• Interrogatories: This is a list of questions that the attorneys send to the opposing side. Most states set limits on how many questions and the response time is thirty days.

• Admissions of Fact: This is a written list of facts that is directed at the other party to the divorce. The party receiving the list of facts is asked to either admit to or deny each listed fact.

• Request for Production: A legal mechanism used to obtain documents such as bank statements, statements of income or any documents the attorney feels will ...read on