Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

e-mail used in divorce case

My spouse broke in to my e-mail account to obtain my personal e-mail. It is aginst Virginia law to do this so the judge threw them out. However, his attorney supena to yahoo and has obtained all of my e-mail in two accounts for the past year. Is this legal?


Asked on 7/10/07, 8:49 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: e-mail used in divorce case

Yes, quite probably so; Yahoo merely complying with a lawful subpoena served upon it for certain information at issue in a pending case.

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Answered on 7/10/07, 9:59 pm


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