Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Maryland
Underhanded tactics
My wife and I are in the process of a nasty divorce. I have received a couple of calls from someone asking if I know how to get in touch with my wife. They are very insistent and persistent in trying to find out if I know where she is or a phone number. I said I did not know... I have since found out the calls have come from an unlisted private line that belongs to her attorney. Is this a fair tactic to try and find out if I have any information about my wife? Is this ethical? Can I make her attorney accountable for underhanded tactics? Thank you.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Underhanded tactics
If you have an attorney then your estranged wife's attorney should not be contacting you. If you do not have an attorney and a legal action has been filed then an attorney should not be contacting you except through an action that is filed. Obviously contact between you and this attorney would occur at some time where there are many matters to work out with your divorce. All divorces are nasty and an attorney's assistance is often beneficial. Feel free to contact me if you would like a separation agreement or need to respond to notice received. Eventually all divorces require court action and it is best to get an attorney involved before you have been served.
G. Joseph Holthaus
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