Belcher v. Johnson

John and Leesa Belcher petition this court for a writ of certiorari to quash a protective order. The Belchers sought to take the deposition of Harriet L. Roberts, who is an elderly woman suffering from a level of dementia. Her guardian, Patricia Johnson, filed a motion for protective order seeking to prevent the deposition because Ms. Roberts is, to some degree, legally incapacitated. The trial court granted the protective order without an evidentiary hearing and without making a factual determination that Ms. Roberts should be disqualified to testify as a witness under section 90.603,…