Can I unlock a filevault disk in target disk mode?

I have a macbook pro that is encrypted with filevault. Purchased a new macbook pro with retina and would like to migrate my data from the old laptop to the new one using migration assistant. Is this possible?
The macbook pro is running 10.7.4 and the macbook pro with retina is obviously running 10.8.

Yes. You should be prompted for the password when you connect the machine in target mode.

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