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A LAWYER WHO HAS DEFENDED A WIFE IN A MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION ACTION
BROUGHT BY HER HUSBAND, IS NOT DISQUALIFIED TO REPRESENT A THIRD
PARTY WHO HAS ALSO BEEN SUED BY THE HUSBAND FOR ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS
AND CRIMINAL CONVERSATION, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE WIFE WHO DESIRES
THAT HER LAWYER DEFEND THE THIRD PARTY.
DISCIPLINARY RULES APPLICABLE
DR 4-101 (C) A lawyer may reveal:
(1) Confidences or secrets with the consent
of the client or clients affected, but only after a full disclosure
to them.
DR 5-105 (C) In the situations covered by
DR 5-105 (A)(B), a lawyer may represent the multiple clients if
it is obvious that he can adequately represent the interests of
each and if each consents to the representation after full disclosure
of the possible effects of such representation on the exercise of
his independent professional judgment on behalf of each.
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