A lawyer for a husband in a matrimonial action properly limited her answers in a deposition by the wife’s attorneys intended to draw out information about the husband’s mental competency to sign settlement stipulations, a state judge has ruled.
Westchester County Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Ecker (See Profile) said that forcing the husband’s attorney to answer further questions from opposing counsel would have a “deleterious effect upon the sanctity” of attorney-client privilege.
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