Legal Question in Family Law in Arizona

My brother in law and his wife married in India. They have daughter. They went to US and he is a green card holder while, his wife and daughter have now obtained US citizenship.

Due to the differences, he filed for divorce in US. The divorce proceedings are ongoing. One of the things she has asked for is my father in law's bank details. My father in law lives in India. My father in law is not soley dependent on my son law (US) as he has one more son, who lives with him. However, my father in law get some financial support from my brother in law from US.

Is there a way my father in law (living in India, age 78) to avoid sending his bank details? If so, what are the reasons that can be accepted by a US court apart from privacy?


Asked on 12/23/14, 12:56 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michelle Scopellite Goldstein & Scopellite, PC

Your brother-in-law needs to retain a qualified divorce lawyer, and if he already has a lawyer, he needs to be asking that lawyer this question, and, if his lawyer or the opposing side's lawyer really doesn't know the answer to this question, then they both needs to retain new counsel

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There are requirements under international law that must be met in order to request records from a foreign country. And, there are other methods to get to at the amount of community money that he spent supporting his father, rather than bothering a 78 year-old man.

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Answered on 12/23/14, 9:12 am


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