Blais v. Blais

WIGGINTON, Judge.

This interlocutory appeal questions the propriety of an order entered by the chancellor holding that appellee may assert his privilege against self-incrimination as guaranteed by Section 12 of the Declaration of Rights of the Florida Constitution, F.S.A.

Appellee husband filed a complaint seeking divorce from appellant wife on the grounds of cruelty. The wife answered and asserted as an affirmative defense that plaintiff was guilty of adultery. After plaintiff’s direct examination in support of the allegations of his complaint, defendant’s counsel sought to cross examine…