Flores, Marina vs. Flores, Gary Matthew
Request for Order to Compel Discovery Responses, Production and Requests for Sanctions
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FL-25-00235 Flores, Marina vs. Flores, Gary Matthew Petitioner’s unopposed Request for Order filed August 3, 2026, to Compel Discovery Responses, Production and Requests for Sanctions is GRANTED. A party to whom interrogatories or a demand for production is directed must serve a response within 30 days after service of the discovery. (Code of Civ. Proc. §§ 2030.260, 2031.260. Failure to serve a timely response results in waiver of all objections, including claims of privilege and work-product protection. (Code of Civ.
Proc. §§ 2030.290(a), 2031.300(a).) Here, more than thirty (30) days elapsed between April 15, 2026, and Respondent still has not provided complete responses as of the filing of this Motion. All objections are waived. Code of Civil Procedure section 2023.020 provides that the court shall impose a monetary sanction ordering any party who fails to confer as required to pay the reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by anyone as a result of that failure. Respondent shall provide complete responses to Petitioner’s: 1) family law form interrogatories set no. 1 interrogatories 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, and 21; Request for Production of
**Please contact Judicial Courtroom Assistant, Lesley Pace, at (831) 636-4057 x127 or lpace@sanbenitocourt.org with any objections or concerns.
Documents set no. 1, document request 2, 3, 5, and 6. The responses shall be without objection and served within 10 days after service of the order issued. Respondent shall pay monetary sanctions to Petitioner in the amount of $3,000.00 within 30 days after service of the order issued.
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