Question 101: In a divorce case, does the spouse have the right to request: (i) the bank to determine the other person who has opened an account at such bank and the account balance; (ii) the property registration office of the district People’s Committee to determine as to whether the other person is the owner of the registered properties; (iii) the business registration office of the provincial Departments of Planning and Investment to check whether the other person is a capital contributor or a shareholder in enterprises? If there is no such rights, can he or she request the Court to help verify, collect such documents and evidence? In which case, can the Court refuse to support the verification, collection of documents and evidence?
Determining specifically which property is held by the wife and the husband in divorce cases is a necessary requirement when the spouse wants to take lawsuit or make a request in a divorce case. An indispensable condition for a request to be approved by the Court is that the request must be specific and not…