Legal Opinion

James v. James

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 10, 1989No. 88-2566PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LETTS, Judge.

The petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari which would preclude the necessity of providing additional discovery in a dissolution proceeding involving a dispute over alimony, child support and custody. We grant the petition and reinstate the trial judge’s original order of August 8, 1988, which denied the motion to file the additional interrogatories.

We are of the opinion that the interrogatories in question constitute an “unfettered fishing expedition ... [which] will simply encourage the return of the fault concept to dissolution proceedings with all of its attendant atrocities.”…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Slatnick v. Leadership Housing Systems of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Nudelman v. NudelmanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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