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Divorce Discovery: The Questions You Can’t Afford to Ignore | Lawyers Without Billboards S2-Ep29
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What can your spouse ask for during divorce discovery, and what happens if you refuse to answer?
Discovery is the process attorneys use to gather documents, sworn answers, testimony, and other information that could affect a divorce, custody, alimony, child-support, or modification case. Although it can sound dry, discovery is often where a case’s most revealing evidence emerges.
In this episode of Lawyers Without Billboards, the attorneys at Shewmaker & Lewis explain:
• What discovery means in a divorce case
• How soon discovery should begin
• Georgia’s general discovery timeline
• Requests for production of documents
• Interrogatories and the 50-question limit
• Requests for admission and what happens if you miss the deadline
• How admissions can be used during cross-examination
• When depositions are worth the expense
• Whether depositions are sometimes used to intimidate
• When a discovery request is overly broad, irrelevant, or privileged
• How protective orders can limit improper discovery
• What must happen before filing a motion to compel
The discussion includes real cases involving vehicle trackers, staged photographs, hundreds of requests for admission, expensive depositions, copy-and-pasted discovery demands, and disagreements over what qualifies as a proper discovery conference.
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Is discovery really a “necessary evil”?
01:15 What is discovery?
01:51 When discovery begins and how long it lasts
03:43 Tracking discovery deadlines
04:36 Requests for admission explained
06:18 Trackers, photographs, and strategic admissions
08:18 Can someone send hundreds of admissions?
11:01 Using admissions for impeachment
11:39 Document requests and interrogatories
14:59 What happens during a deposition?
17:11 Can a deposition be used to intimidate someone?
19:14 Can you object to discovery?
20:21 Privilege, burden, relevance, and time limits
22:19 When to seek a protective order
24:34 Motions to compel and Rule 6.4 conferences
28:44 Final thoughts and the next episode
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🎙️ Hosts: Steve & Patty Shewmaker, Jimmy & Alexa Lewis
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📩 Contact: pshewmaker@shewmakerandlewis.com
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🌐 Website: https://www.shewmakerandlewis.com
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🎼 Music by Ben Hernandez – Dragonsong Productions
🎥 Produced by: Bleeding Edge, Inc.
🎬 Audio & Video Production: Rob Burgner
📍 Recorded at: Shewmaker & Lewis, Atlanta, GA
Episode is Live
Published:
Jul. 09, 2026 @ 5AM
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