Household Bank, FSB v. Ross

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bernard F. McCaffrey, J.

The underlying issue to be determined in this contempt *842matter is whether an attorney may be compelled to divulge the current address of his clients, who have apparently moved from the mortgaged premises, and left New York State during the pendency of a foreclosure proceeding in which they admittedly were not personally served with process.

The petitioner bank’s attorneys have instituted this contempt proceeding against the mortgagor’s attorney to compel him to release his clients’ current address. However, the respondent/attorney claims an…