Chapter 4 - EXHIBIT 4A FORM 35.4 — PATTERN INTERROGATORIES (DOMESTIC RELATIONS)

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EXHIBIT 4A • FORM 35.4 — PATTERN INTERROGATORIES (DOMESTIC RELATIONS)

FORM 35.4 - Pattern Interrogatories (Domestic Relations)

[Reference to C.R.C.P. 16.2, 26 and 33. These are not to be filed with the court, except as may be ordered.]

The following Pattern Interrogatories are propounded to __________ pursuant to C.R.C.P. 16.2, 26 and 33.

Section 1. Instructions to All Parties
(a) These are general instructions. For time limitations, requirements for service on other parties, and other details, see C.R.C.P. 16.2, 26, 33, 121 §1-12, and the cases construing those Rules.

(b) These interrogatories do not change existing law relating to interrogatories nor do they affect an answering party's right to assert any privilege or objection.

Section 2. Instructions to the Asking Party
(a) These interrogatories are designed for optional use in domestic relations cases only.

(b) Use care in choosing those interrogatories that are applicable to the case.

(c) Subject to the limitations in C.R.C.P. Rules 16.2 and 33, additional interrogatories may be attached.

Section 3. Instructions to the Answering Party
(a) An answer or other appropriate response must be given to each interrogatory. Parties are to answer these interrogatories with the understanding that they stand in a fiduciary relationship with each other.

(b) As a general rule, within 35 days after you are served with these interrogatories, you must serve your responses on the asking party and serve copies of your responses on all other parties to the action who have appeared. See C.R.C.P. 33 for details.

(c) Each answer must be as complete and straightforward as the information reasonably available to you permits. If an interrogatory cannot be answered completely, answer it to the extent possible.

(d) If you do not have enough personal knowledge to fully answer an interrogatory, say so, but make a reasonable and good faith effort to get the information by asking other persons or organizations, unless the information is equally available to the asking party in which case state the identity, address and telephone number of the person in possession.

(e) Whenever an interrogatory may be answered by referring to a document, the document may be attached as an exhibit to the response and referred to in the response. If the document has more than one page, refer to the page and section where the answer to the interrogatory can be found.

(f) Whenever an address and telephone number for the same person are requested in more than one interrogatory, you are required to furnish them in answering only the first interrogatory asking for that information.

(g) Your answers to these interrogatories

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