I'm currently in the process of divorce, in which I am the defendant. We have recently completed a Pendete Lite Order, and am now being requ...

Question

I'm currently in the process of divorce, in which I am the defendant. We have recently completed a Pendete Lite Order, and am now being requested to provide the "Requests for Production of Documents", and to answer to the "Interrogatories to Husband". It is my understanding that these are in place to establish a set Child Support order, and to determine whether in fact Adultery was committed. My question is: If I simply state to the Court that I acknowledge the Adultery, and give up my rights to the children, do I still need to fulfill these requests?

Answer

No, the court hearing your divorce matter is not going to allow

you merely to "give up (your) rights to the children" under the circumstances described and apparently as a means to evade

your ongoing responsibility to pay support for these children.

And, therefore, yes, you need to respond to the discovery requests with which

you've been served and within the timeframe(s) alloted.