The granting of petitioner's application for examination before trial of the respondent was inappropriate in the absence of a showing of special circumstances. "Even under the liberal disclosure provisions of the CPLR, this court has held that in a separation action no examination before trial of a defendant as to his income, property and assets will be ordered in the absence of a showing of special circumstances. * * * In a matrimonial case `the need for the examination...
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