DeBry v. Godbe

STEWART, Justice:

¶ 1 Janice DeBry, a party in a divorce proceeding, sued Mary Lou Godbe, an attorney who represented Mr. DeBry in the same proceeding, for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Her claim was based on a letter concerning out-of-court occurrences that Godbe wrote to Judge Wilkinson after the close of evidence in the divorce case, while the case was pending a final decision. The trial court granted God-be’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that the letter was a privileged communication. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

¶2 Mary Lou Godbe and Kent T. Yano…