Moore v. Moore

CRAWLEY, Judge.

Theresa V. Moore (“the wife”) petitions for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Denny L. Holloway of the Houston Circuit Court to compel John P. Moore, Jr. (“the husband”), to respond to questions posed at a deposition. We grant the writ.

The wife is the plaintiff in a divorce action. Her complaint alleges that the husband has committed adultery with numerous women. The husband was deposed on December 15, 2000. At the deposition, the husband, claiming a Fifth Amendment privilege not to answer on the ground that his responses might tend to incriminate him, refused to respond to…