Legal Question in Family Law in California
'm pro per in Family Court (due to a very bad ruling by the Judge which left me basically destitute and my soon-to-be-ex [STBX] with almost a million in money and assets). Anyway, my name is the only name on the mortgage and my STBX wants access to it. Her attorney sent me a "Demand for Production of Documents" demanding that I turn over access to the account, along with all of my passwords, user names, etc. on the account. I know that I must respond to the Demand, but how do I say "go pound sand, the account is mine". My STBX has already told me verbally (which leads to "he said/she said", I know) that as soon as I give her access she will remove me from the contact information with the mortgage company and prevent me from having any access to the account. The mortgage company says that I should not give it to her, but they aren't in court with me, obviously.
So...is it legal for me to refuse to give them access to an account that my STBX is not listed on, and how do I phrase it on the paperwork?
Thanks.
1 Answer from Attorneys
You can object to it that the information is irrelevant and would not lead to admissible evidence. Also that it is a privacy issue and there is no necessity to produce the password if all they want are the statements.
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