Forbush v. Forbush
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Denman, J.
The issue presented is whether an attorney who has represented both husband and wife in various legal transactions and who represents the husband in matters involving closely held corporations which may be the subject of equitable distribution should be disqualified from representing the husband in a matrimonial action.
This motion to disqualify was brought by defendant in a complex and bitterly contested matrimonial action commenced *376by J. Bruce Forbush against Dianne Forbush on September 21, 1982. The complaint seeks dissolution of the parties’ 30-year marriage…
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