Legal Question in Family Law in Oregon

Re: divorce

If the opposing party wants to take your deposition (and assuming the opposing party has a legal right to do so), the formal procedure is for the party wishing to take your deposition to serve you with with a NOTICE TO APPEAR FOR DEPOSITION. If you fail to appear and submit to the deposition, the opposing party would then go to court and obtain a court order directing you to appear and submit to deposition (or face a charge of contempt of court).

Likewise, if you want to take the deposition of the opposing party, you would follow the same procedure. That is, you would prepare a NOTICE TO APPEAR FOR DEPOSITION and serve it on the opposing party (or the opposing party's attorney).

You do not need to "give a deposition" (even if representing yourself) UNLESS the opposing party wants to TAKE your deposition (and they let you know about that by serving you with the Notice to Appear).