Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

I'm an owner of a website (internet-based small business) that also supports several mailboxes. My partner has a mailbox in his name on this server. His is going though the process of divorce. Recently, he discovered that his wife has illegally gained access to his business account and syphoned his business mail, trying to prove in the divorce court that his has continued association with this firm and how much he gets paid. The numerous business emails that have nothing to do with her and has everything to do with our business, has been sumbitted in divorce court as part of deposition. This is our business and proprietary information there, transactions with customers, billing matters, passwords to other accounts, technical matters - all out in the open. Unnamed and unknown third parties have now gained access to this information. He has not provided her passwords, gave permissions and explicitly or implicitly allowed access to any of this information. Neither have I. Now I want to know if she can be taken to task for this. What laws is she in voilation of? Federal and state? Who do we complain to? A detailed response would be appreciated


Asked on 8/28/10, 12:11 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

I believe that divorce files are restricted in NY courts and only accessible by the parties and their attorneys. No one else should be able to gain access. The above is for informational purposes only and not meant as legal advise.

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Answered on 9/02/10, 12:25 pm


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