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Privacy law did not block compelled mortgage disclosure for judgment enforcement.
A judgment creditor sought disclosure of a mortgage discharge statement to enforce a writ of seizure and sale against debtors' property.
The appeal addressed whether federal privacy legislation barred disclosure absent express consent.
The Court held disclosure could be ordered under the court-order exception and that implied consent arose in the enforcement context once judgment and seizure steps were completed with notice.
The Court emphasized access to justice and rejected requiring additional formalistic motions where substantively identical relief was sought.
The appeal was allowed and the mortgagee was ordered to produce the statement.
