Sham Marriage and Privilege
4 Pages Posted: 14 Aug 2019
Date Written: 2019
Abstract
United States v. Fomichev, 899 F.3d 766 (9th Cir. 2018), discusses the effect that a sham marriage has on marital privileges. The court draws a line between the spousal immunity (or spousal witness) privilege and the marital communications privilege.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Saltzburg, Stephen A., Sham Marriage and Privilege (2019). GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2019-48, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-48, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3434745 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3434745
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