Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
invasion of privacy family law
my boyfriend has been ordered to provide copies of all bank statements that he has signing rights for to his ex-wife's attorney in regards to a motion for visitation. She has been blocking visits, he filed the case, her att countersued for childsupport increase. He has his own account, I have my own account and we have a joint account so he can transfer money into, since I am the one that pays the household bills. He has signing rights, in order to deposit funds, but it is ''my'' bills account. Does his ex wife have permission to view these bank statements, or is this an invasion of my privacy? Also, am I permitted to ''black out'' any reference to my personal account on these statements, for example, when I transferred funds from the ''joint'' account into my own personal account.
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Re: invasion of privacy family law
Your boyfriend must provide statements from any account on which he is a signator. The law doesn't prevent you from blacking out your parts of the account, but a judge will almost certainly order you to provide copies that aren't blacked out because her attorney isn't required to trust you as to what's your versus what's your boyfriend's. Besides, if you black things out, the judge will immediately assume he is hiding income, and his case may go downhill from there. It's always best to look like (and be) the most honest person in litigation, even if it means sacrificing some privacy.
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