Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

Re: Can a subpoena be issued in MA for DE?

If the company has a business presence in Massachusetts, a subpoena issued and properly served on its local agents or address should obtain the records. However, many companies will balk (good corporate citizenship claims do not always seem to apply when protecting their employees and customers).

In addition, some may attempt to charge a fee for the research or copying necessary to comply with the subpoena, and those charges can be very hefty. Some fee is not unreasonable, if it gets what you need. However, apparently in the day and age of the computer and digitally stored, computer-indexed documents, it takes hundreds of dollars worth of man-hours to key in a request and run a print.

In short, you should be prepared for foot-dragging and costs.