Jul. 14, 2021
Civil harassment restraining order discovery: time is not on your side
It will come as no surprise to practitioners that discovery issues routinely arise in family law cases. This makes perfect sense, as pre-trial or pre-hearing discovery is common in dissolution and parentage cases. But what about in the context of a civil harassment restraining order case? Is discovery available to the litigants prior to a CHRO hearing?
Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse
Timothy M. Weiner
Assistant Supervising Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Southwestern Univ Law School
It will come as no surprise to practitioners that discovery issues routinely arise in family law cases. This makes perfect sense, as pre-trial or pre-hearing discovery is common in dissolution and parentage cases. But what about in the context of a civil harassment restraining order case? Is discovery available to the litigants prior to a CHRO hearing?
Let's start at the beginning. While the court has decided for administrative reas...
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