Customarily the confidentiality between an attorney and his client is sacrosanct, but the case  of Corey v. Wilkes Barre Hospital, 2019 Pa. Super. 288, explores a situation where that confidentiality in a divorce matter may be breached.

When bringing a civil claim, one must be cognizant of what doors are opened simply by the filing of the claim. If something is somehow relevant to the claims being made, and can offer insight into them, then there is a potential that the court will allow the opposing party to explore it through discovery. As Corey demonstrates, not even the usually impenetrable attorney/client privilege can necessarily protect something from discovery if a party makes it an issue in a case.

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