Do I have to provide the appraisal information to my soon-to-be ex-wife’s lawyer?

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Do I have to provide the appraisal information to my soon-to-be ex-wife’s lawyer?

We agreed to use the county tax appraisal to determine the dollar amount I would need to buy the spouse out of the house equity. My loan is in the closing phase. My mortgage company required their own appraisal for the loan. The spouses’ lawyer wants the new appraisal amount because if it is higher than the county tax appraisal, then they want to re-figure the equity buyout amount.

Asked on February 16, 2017 under Family Law, Kansas

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 7 years ago | Contributor

They are legally entitled to any and all relevant information, so they are entitled to it. And if you refuse, there are legal mechanisms (e.g. "discovery"--the process of getting information from the other side, which includes written interrogatories, document requests, depositions, and subpoenas) they can use to get this. Since there entitled to it and can get it, you should probably turn it over, rather than spend money on a very likely losing fight to hold it back.


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