Q: Greetings, Since my Ex did not respond to my/the interrogatory questions that was mail certified to her.
May I ask the judge for her to answer in court that day on the stand to answer all 42 questions in front of judge since I am representing my self? How do or what website / link may I know if my Ex is work, have a job or if she on unemployment? May I allow the defendant to speak 1st in court, then me as the plaintiff? Await your response back.
A: You can call her first for cross examination if you wish. Doing a trial without an attorney is very difficult as most people are unfamiliar with evidence rules.
A: If you are representing yourself an attorney can't give you step by step advice of how to present your case in chief at trial. You are expected to have the same knowledge as an attorney when you are a pro se litigant. And no, the way to address someone not responding to discovery is not to ask them 42 questions at trial. Again, this is the issue with a non-lawyer trying to be their own lawyer. My advice would be to get the funds together to hire an attorney. Because they can go about obtaining these responses before trial. Asking these questions and hearing the answers at trial for the first time gives you no time to prepare rebuttal evidence. You need the responses before trial.
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