Separation/divorce

North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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Dear gubidal:

Greetings. Let’s see if we cannot answer this:

  1. I will research this and get back to you soon.

  2. During discovery, if there is a possibility that a person can give information which may be relevant, then information can be requested from them. In the current question, I am assuming that a girlfriend/boyfriend of a spouse is asked for cell phone bills and I think those are relevant or may lead to relevant information and therefore it would be a proper request. Yes, they would have to produce those records and no, it is not an invasion of privacy. Thank you.

Janet L. Fritts
Attorney with Rosen Divorce
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
919.787.6668 main phone
919.256.1665 direct fax

10925 David Taylor Drive, Suite 100
Charlotte, North Carolina 28262
704.644.2831 main voice
704.307.4595 main fax

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I actually have two separate questions that are somewhat related.

  1. In answering a civil suit which claims a belief of adultry, bed and board and post separation support does a claim of fault or a denial of fault perjure one’s self if the opposite is proven at a later date provided it would go to court? What are the probable outcomes of both claims?

  2. In the case of someone’s private cell phone bill,not the defendant’s or plantiff’s, if subpoenaed, is this an invasion of privacy and what can be done?