Rule 13-7. Answers to Interrogatories

(a) Any such interrogatories shall be answered under oath by the party to whom directed and such answers shall not be filed with the court but shall be served within sixty days after the date of certification of service, in accordance with Sections 10-12 through 10-17, of the interrogatories or, if applicable, the notice of interrogatories on the answering party, or within such shorter or longer time as the judicial authority may allow, unless:

(1) Counsel file with the court a written stipulation extending the time within which answers or objections may be served; or

(2) Upon motion, the judicial authority allows a longer time; or

(3) Objections to the interrogatories and the reasons therefor are filed and served within the sixty day period.

(b) All answers to interrogatories shall: (1) repeat immediately before each answer the interrogatory being answered; and (2) be signed by the person making them.

(c) A party objecting to one or more interrogatories shall file an objection in accordance with Section 13-8.

(d) Objection by a party to certain of the interrogatories directed to such party shall not relieve that party of the obligation to answer the interrogatories to which he or she has not objected within the sixty day period.

(e) The party serving interrogatories or the notice of interrogatories may move for an order under Section 13-14 with respect to any failure to answer.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 224.) (Amended June 28, 1999, to take effect Jan. 1, 2000; amended June 20, 2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012; amended June 12, 2015, to take effect Jan. 1, 2016; amended June 24, 2016, to take effect Jan. 1, 2017.)