You are supporting your boss, who is representing a defendant in a negligence action in Texas state civil district court. The plaintiff served your boss with his petition on September 1. Your boss must file his answer with the court. He would like to include in his answer a motion to transfer venue.

a. When is the answer due? (Hint: An answer is a pleading of the defendant.)

b. Aside from the motion to transfer venue, what other motions or pleas may the answer contain? Cite the rule of civil procedure from which your answer comes.

c. Your boss wants to make sure that his motion to transfer venue is not waived. When must he make his motion? Cite the rule from which your answer comes.

d. After your boss files the answer, the Plaintiff serves on your boss a notice to take the oral deposition of the Defendant. How can your boss go about objecting to the time and place of the oral deposition? Cite the rule from which your answer comes.