Pridemore v. Williams

D. E. Holbrook, Jr., J.

These cases were consolidated to examine the use of interrogatories in paternity actions filed pursuant to MCL 722.711 et seq.; MSA 25.491 et seq.

In Pridemore the plaintiff filed a complaint under The Paternity Act alleging that defendant was the father of her son. Defendant served interrogatories upon the plaintiff and the plaintiff served a set of interrogatories upon the defendant. Neither party filed answers to the interrogatories. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to compel plaintiff to answer interrogatories and in the same order denied the defendant’s…