In the above case, the court further eroded the right to privacy by asserting that the Freedom of Information Act did not create any rights to prevent disclosure of the personal records of public school teachers and administrators' records. If the trial court wants information, they seem to find ways to get it. Attorneys, doctors and members of the clergy, as well as the press, have been faced with contempt action by judges seeking privileged information. The privacy of income tax records have been abused, medical records and even FBI files are not beyond privacy abuse. In matrimonial matters, I would certainly advise a client of the dangers associated with voluntarily revealing the most intimate and confidential information to a court official, investigator, psychologist or other information seeker.
Privacy is so precious and yet it is treated cavalierly.
It took the friends of the Family Court nearly fifty years to get it instituted and it may take fifty years to get divorce matters suppressed but we will keep trying. The right of privacy requires the suppression of all divorce cases. The public does not have a right to know.