Terms Used In Texas Family Code 301.104

  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.

In addition to a disclosure request served under § 301.051, a party may obtain discovery by oral deposition and a report prepared in accordance with § 301.105 of:
(1) the subject matter on which a testifying expert is expected to testify;
(2) the expert’s mental impressions and opinions;
(3) the facts known to the expert, regardless of when the factual information is acquired, that relate to or form the basis of the expert’s mental impressions and opinions; and
(4) other discoverable items, including documents not produced in response to a disclosure request.