Styers v. SUPERIOR COURT IN & FOR CTY. OF MOHAVE

FIDEL, Judge.

Petitioner Charles Styers (husband) brings this special action, seeking to prohibit his wife’s discovery in marital dissolution proceedings of the records of his premarital psychiatric treatment. Husband claims, and we agree, that the records are privileged under A.R.S. § 32-2085 or § 12-2235 and are irrelevant to any issue appropriate to the dissolution of the parties’ marriage.

We accept special action jurisdiction to reverse the trial court’s order of disclosure because there is no adequate remedy by appeal when a trial court erroneously orders the disclosure of privileged…