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Montgomery County Confidentiality Agreements Attorneys

If you have done any work in a corporate setting, you are probably familiar with confidentiality agreements. These are legal waivers that state you will not share proprietary or private information about a company or its products that could potentially harm the business if revealed. What you may not know is that confidentiality agreements can also become issues in civil cases such as divorce. Legal precedent is still being set as to their enforceability under these circumstances, although it appears from some recent court decisions that they can be upheld. Whether you entered into a confidentiality agreement with your spouse but want to challenge it during divorce proceedings, or your spouse is the one who wants to break the agreement, you should a contact a Montgomery County PA family law lawyer at the Law Offices of Sheryl R. Rentz, PC for advice right away.

Most couples do not sign confidentiality agreements with one another. However, if you were a member of a couple in the public eye or ran a business together, you may have signed one during your marriage. The kind of information you agreed to keep private may include the following:

• Intimate details about you and/or your spouse's behavior or habits
• Settlement or other divorce-related agreement
• Specific incidents that occurred during your marriage
• Proprietary formulas in products your spouse developed separately or with your help
• Your jointly-run or spouse's company's business practices
• Details on any inventions, research and development or innovations by your spouse or both of you

One of the main arguments against continued enforcement of a couple's confidentiality agreement is that it impinges on your First Amendment rights, the right to freedom of speech. Although some recent cases were decided in support of upholding confidentiality agreements after divorce, at least one decision noted that the agreement had to have been entered into knowingly and willingly. Your attorney may be able to challenge a Pennsylvania confidentiality agreement on the basis that you did not have full knowledge of the rights you were giving up when you signed the waiver, or that you were coerced into signing by your spouse.

Any situation involving divorce proceedings and contracts is complicated, and the sustenance of confidentiality agreements between parting spouses is a still-emerging area of civil law. Montgomery County divorce lawyer, Sheryl Rentz at the Law Offices of Sheryl R. Rentz, PC offers free consultations on any divorce proceedings and contract issues that may arise. Call us today, and we will use our experience to help you safeguard your rights.