<div dir="ltr">Dear Listmates: <div><br></div><div>I represent husband in a divorce. The wife transferred her separate accounts which are substantial to a new financial institution. We have subpoenaed the financial institution for all account statements related to all account in the wife's name. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The wife's mother is 99 years old, incapacitated, and has substantial accounts held in trust. The wife has power of attorney over the trust. We don't know the extent of her powers, but she was able to execute a promissory note for $2,000,000 on behalf of her mother's trust transferred to the couple for estate planning purposes. </div><div><br></div><div>The wife now objects to the subpoena since it will produce her mother's trust account statements that she is a signator on which she says is irrelevant. </div><div><br></div><div>My question is can a trusts's account statements disclose the nature of a trustee's legal interests in the trust, powers of attorney, or any other legal interests that may be relevant to a divorce case? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks very much in advance for any input.  </div><div><br></div><div><div>Bo Weintraub</div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:'times new roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;letter-spacing:0.75pt">Boaz "Bo" Weintraub</span></b><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:'times new roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.75pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> | JD, LL.M. </span></span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="letter-spacing:0.75pt"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Weintraub Law Office, PLLC </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="times new roman, serif" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:gray;letter-spacing:0.75pt">T</span></span><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;letter-spacing:0.75pt"> </span><u><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><a href="tel:%28425%29%20374-4045" value="+14253744045" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">(425) 374-4045</a></span></span></span></u></span></span><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> |  </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:gray;letter-spacing:0.75pt">F</span></span><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;letter-spacing:0.75pt"> </span><u><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><a href="tel:%28425%29%20274-7019" value="+14252747019" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">(425) 274-7019</a></span></span></span></u></span></font><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"> </font></span><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a href="http://www.weintraub-law.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);letter-spacing:0.75pt;font-family:'san serif',serif" target="_blank">www.weintraub-law.com</a><span style="letter-spacing:0.75pt;color:black;font-family:'san serif',serif">  |  </span><a href="mailto:bw@weintraub-law.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);letter-spacing:0.75pt;font-family:'san serif',serif" target="_blank">bw@weintraub-law.com</a></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'times new roman',serif;font-size:13.3333px;letter-spacing:1px">Bellevue Office: 14205 S.E. 36th Street, Suite 100, Bellevue, WA 98006 </span><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;letter-spacing:0.75pt">Bothell Office: </span></span><span style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;font-size:10pt">19125  Northcreek Parkway, Suite 120, Bothell, Washington  98011</span><br></p></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size: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