
Originally Posted by
sandy010
... He sends me a piece of paper typed by him w/a bunch of questions on it asking for info above what the judge already asked me to provide to him and the court by a certain date.This was not a suppeona n not signed by a judge and its legal to ask for all of this?
Yes. Discovery is generally done without a court order. Only if the party who has been requested to provide the information fails to do so or objects, is it necessary to ask the judge for an order to compel answers. Check the civil rules in your jurisdiction for the specific rules regarding permissible scope of discovery and so forth. Also check any applicable order in the case regarding timing of discovery.

Originally Posted by
sandy010
yes im trying to do this w/o an attorny this time.however i just dont get that he can just write Discovery on top of a paper w/o any special format and thats legal?Then i can do the same asking for his wifes income?
Sure you can do the same.
You might object to his request for your partner's income, and, should you likewise request his wife's income, he can object to your request for his wife's income. You would claim that it's not relevant and not likely to lead to relevant evidence. I don't know whether your judge would uphold such an objection, however. I suspect that it is sufficiently pertinent to getting a complete picture of your respective financial pictures, and that the discovery would be ordered. That doesn't mean, however, that those incomes would be counted.