Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Connecticut

Letter Rogatory

I am not familiar with CT procedure and need sample Mxs/forms for filing a Letter Rogatory issued by MA superior court with CT superior court. I am informed there is a $225 fee. I think MA counsel was suppose to file a mx for commission in MA, but they filed and were granted a letter rogatory instead, requesting CT court to issue keeper of records subpoena, so what do I do with it now?


Asked on 6/26/08, 9:15 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Craig J. Tiedemann Kajko, Weisman & Colasanti, LLP

Re: Letter Rogatory

Your question is not clear enough to be answer-able. If you want to take discovery in a state other than Massachusetts in connection with a Massachusetts (state) court proceeding, you need to consult the applicable MA statute for starters. But the trick will mostly be following the foreign state's procedural requirements.

If a MA court issued a "commission" for CT discovery -- b/c there is no such thing as "letters rogatory" in MA -- the CT should accept the commission even though it is not called "letters rogatory" thru interstate judicial comity and "full faith and credit" of foreign court judgments/orders. But probably CT law controls on this, not MA.

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Answered on 6/29/08, 7:20 pm


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