Deposition No Show

In a New Jersey divorce action, the court has the discretion to impose various sanctions when one party refuses to comply with legitimate pretrial discovery requests. Here, the defendant did not appear for her deposition and the plaintiff moved to strike her answer and suppress her defenses. Instead, the court imposes a less drastic remedy and orders that defendant’s testimony will be barred at the time of trial. Dafejimue v. Jones, New Jersey Law Div., January 25, 2005.