§ 2036.020.Discovery methods available

Just as Section 2035.020 fixes the toolkit for pre-filing discovery, this section fixes it for discovery pending appeal, and the list is identical. A party with leave under this chapter can take oral and written depositions to capture sworn testimony while a witness is still available and memories are still fresh, can inspect documents, things, and places before they change or disappear, and can conduct physical and mental examinations where a person's condition bears on issues that might return to the trial court.

The choice to reuse the exact same three methods, in the same order, is not an accident, it signals that Chapter 20 is built on the same foundation as Chapter 19, just triggered by a judgment and a pending appeal rather than an unfiled lawsuit. Interrogatories and requests for admission stay off the list here for the same reason they are absent from Chapter 19: this chapter exists to preserve evidence that a later proceeding might need, not to let a party build out its case or extract written admissions from an opponent while the appeal is pending.