Brennan v. Brennan

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

This appeal places in issue the propriety of a contempt Order against a Defendant’s counsel in a custody case. The *364Order resulted from counsel’s refusal to disclose to the Court and to the Plaintiff the whereabouts of the Defendant and the children who are the subjects of the custody proceedings. We are called upon to examine the scope of the attorney-client privilege in these circumstances.

The record shows that on June 1, 1979, Plaintiff-Appellee Linda Brennan filed a Complaint against her husband, David Brennan, for custody of the two minor children of the parties, David…