How do you answer a yes or no question in court?

How do you answer a yes or no question in court? Can lawyers force you to answer yes or no? Can you only say yes or no in court? 

This is an excerpt from Surviving Cross Examination in Business Valuation, a presentation from the 2023 Tennessee Society of CPA’s Forensic and Valuation Services Conference, Oct. 24, 2023, in Brentwood, Tennessee. Thank you to Harold Martin for inviting me to join this fantastic panel. Click here to receive CPE by viewing this entire conference presentation from the TSCPA.

Presenters:

• Harold Martin
• Shannon Farr
• Kevin Yeanoplos
• Miles Mason, Sr.

References, resources, and more:

• The Forensic Accounting Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Financial Investigation and Analysis for Family Lawyers, Second Edition
  by Miles Mason Sr., published by the ABA Family Law Section.
• Mason on Business Valuation & Divorce
• Business Valuation category from the Tennessee Family Law Blog