Notice Of Service Of Interrogatories In Aid Of Enforcement In Massachusetts
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If the opposing side does not respond to your form interrogatories, special interrogatories, or request for production, you may file a motion seeking an order compelling the opposing party to respond.
You have 30 days to respond to Form Interrogatories. If you were served by mail, you typically have 35 days from the date of mailing to respond. In eviction (unlawful detainer) cases the time is much shorter. In eviction cases you have 5 days to respond, or typically 10 days from the date of mailing if served by mail.
Interrogatories are a discovery tool that the parties can use to have specific questions about a case answered before trial. Interrogatories are lists of questions sent to the other party that s/he must respond to in writing.
After the Interrogatories have been answered, the defendant's attorney will request that your deposition be taken.
Under Rule 33, a party has thirty days as of right to answer interrogatories.
Read each question (interrogatory) very carefully. Answer only the question that is asked, and avoid the temptation to over-explain your answer. If the question contains several parts, you may break your answer into parts as well. It is also possible that you might object to the question.
There is no form for your answer, but you typically have to respond in a specified format, using paper with numbers down the left-hand side, with your name and address at the top left, the name of the court and of the case, and the case number.
However, you can object to interrogatories that call for legal conclusions. You can also object to questions if they are not at all related to the court case. To object, you need to write out the reasons for the objection instead of answering the question.
“Service of Process” is the way you deliver court papers to the person required to respond to them. This person is called the “defendant.” You must tell the defendant, in writing: there is a case, what the case is about, what the defendant must do, if there is a court hearing, and when and where to come to court.
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment (a)Motions for Summary Judgment. A party may move for summary judgment subsequent to the commencement of any proceeding under these rules except in actions for divorce or in actions for custody or visitation or for criminal contempt.
