Section 331.1. Discovery; definition of terms  


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  • The following definitions are
      applicable to this section and sections 331.2 through 331.7.
        1.  "Demand  to  produce"  means  a  written notice served by and on a
      party, without  leave  of  the  court,  demanding  to  inspect  property
      pursuant  to  section 331.2 or 331.3 and giving reasonable notice of the
      time at which  the  demanding  party  wishes  to  inspect  the  property
      designated.
        2.  "Attorneys'  work  product"  means  property to the extent that it
      contains the  opinions,  theories  or  conclusions  of  the  presentment
      agency,  law  guardian,  counsel  for the respondent or members of their
      staffs.
        3. "Property" means any existing tangible personal or  real  property,
      including  but  not  limited  to,  books,  records,  reports, memoranda,
      papers, photographs, tapes or other electronic recordings,  articles  of
      clothing,   fingerprints,   blood   samples,   fingernail  scrapings  or
      handwriting specimens, but excluding attorneys' work product.
        4. "Co-respondent" means a person whose name appears in  the  petition
      pursuant to paragraph (i) of subdivision three of section 311.1.