Facts

The spouses [A.] and [B.] have been living separately for several years. By judgment of 4 June 2012, the High Court of the Canton of Solothurn found that the spouses do not owe each other any maintenance. [B.] subsequently filed an unsuccessful appeal with the Federal Supreme Court. On 17 June 2014, [B.] applied to the Civil District Court of Basel-Landschaft East, requesting that her husband be ordered under threat of criminal penalty to disclose various documents on his income and asset situation as well as the revised annual accounts 2010-2013 of [A.B. AG] . The Civil District Court granted the request for information. [A.] then appealed to the Cantonal Court of Basel-Landschaft, which ultimately dismissed the appeal by decision of 3 November 2015.

Considerations

The Federal Supreme Court dismisses [A.] 's appeal against the decision of the Cantonal Court. It holds that the Cantonal Court rightly affirmed the respondent [B.] 's legal interest in the requested information. Although the High Court of the Canton of Solothurn was not aware of a transfer of CHF 500,000.-- to [A.] in the previous divorce protection judgment of 4 June 2012, which justifies a…