Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

Re: Production of Documents

If copying costs are significant, you can request that the recipient pay for them. There is nothing specific in the court rules on this.

Re: Production of Documents

The rule says that the party who is required to produce the documents must make them available for inspection and copying. There is no requirement that copies be produced. In cases in which large numbers of documents are requested, the usual practice is that the paraty producing the documents make available original documents which the requestor is then given the opportunity to copy or to identify those documents which he wants to have copied. Then the party producing the documents may send them out to a commercial copy service to have copies made, for which the requesting party is billed, may copy then in the attorney's office and bill the other party, or may permit the requesting party to make the copies. In some jurisdictions, and in cases which do not involve huge numbers of documents, it is often common for each party to provide copies at his own expense of requested documents, and the costs are relatively equal because the numbers of documents are relatively equal. In summary, the rule does not require the producing party to pay for copies, but sometimes, when the cost is mininal or the numbers are close on both sides, it's just simpler.

Re: Production of Documents

There is no specific rule for most civil matters, but exceptions do apply. Your attorney should assist you with this and should advise you accordingly.