Wilbur v. Wilbur

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Bryant, J.), entered November 24, 1981 in Tompkins County, which denied defendant’s motion for a protective order. In February, 1981, plaintiff Alberta Wilbur commenced a divorce action seeking, inter alia, equitable distribution of the marital property. When efforts to arrange informal discovery of the parties’ finances failed, plaintiff, prior to conducting any deposition, served a demand for discovery and inspection of certain business and financial records relating to defendant personally, as well as to a corporation in which he…