DE · rules
Del. Ch. Ct. R. 35
Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
(a) Order for Examination. When the mental or
physical condition (including the blood group) of a party, or
of a person in the custody or under the legal control of a
party, is in controversy, the Court in which the action is
pending may order the party to submit to a physical or
mental examination by a suitably licensed or certified
examiner or to produce for examination the person in the
party’s custody or legal control. The order may be made
only on motion for good cause and upon notice to the person
to be examined and to all parties and shall specify the time,
place, manner, conditions, and scope of the examination
and the person or persons by whom it is to be made.
(b) Report of Examiner.
(1) If requested by the party against whom an order
is made under Rule 35(a) or the person examined, the
party causing the examination to be made shall deliver
to the requestor a copy of a detailed written report of
the examiner setting out the examiner’s findings,
including results of all tests made, diagnoses and
conclusions, together with like reports of all earlier
examinations of the same condition. After delivery the
party causing the examination shall be entitled upon
request to receive from the party against whom the
order is made a like report of any examination,
previously or thereafter made, of the same condition,
unless, in the case of a report of examination of a person
not a party, the party shows that such party is unable
to obtain it. The Court on motion may make an order
against a party requiring delivery of a report on such
terms as are just, and if an examiner fails of refuses to
make a report the Court may exclude the examiner’s
testimony if offered at the trial.
(2) By requesting and obtaining a report of the
examination so ordered or by taking the deposition of
the examiner, the party examined waives any privilege
the party may have in that action or any other involving
the same controversy, regarding the testimony of every
other person who has examined or may thereafter
examine the party in respect of the same mental or
physical condition.
(3) This paragraph applies to examinations made by
agreement of the parties, unless the agreement
expressly provides otherwise. This paragraph does not
preclude discovery of a report of an examiner or the
taking of a deposition of the examiner in accordance
with the provisions of any other rule.
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- 2026-09-23
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- 2026-09-23
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