Harry Yee has been hired as a paralegal in a family law practice. The first divorce case he is assigned to work on involves a situation in which a wife, Deb, is suing her husband, Peter, for divorce. The husband has maintained all the couple's financial records and also keeps all his personal files on his computer. Deb is concerned that she will never be able to access any of this information

Which of the following statements is true with respect to this situation?

A) Deb will never be able to access this information because data retained in electronic form by a party is not discoverable.
B) Under federal and state law, Peter has an absolute right to keep all of the parties' financial records private.
C) The records are discoverable if not protected by privilege or some other consideration.
D) None of the above statements is true.


C

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