Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1989

James v. James

James v. James
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 10, 1989 · Letts, Stone, Warner
542 So. 2d 486; 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1148; 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 2561; 1989 WL 47156 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

James v. James

Opinion 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.” Smith v. Bloom, 506 So.2d 1173, 1177 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987). See also Slatnick v. Leadership Housing Systems of Florida, 368 So.2d 78 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979).

CERTIORARI GRANTED.

STONE and WARNER, JJ., concur.

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