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Posner v. Posner
Citations: 940 So. 2d 524; 2006 WL 3018016Docket: 4D06-2588
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida; October 25, 2006; Florida; State Appellate Court
In the case of Edward M. Posner v. Toni A. Posner, the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal addressed a discovery dispute arising from a dissolution proceeding. The petitioner's father sought to quash certain interrogatories related to financial support he allegedly provided to his son and daughter-in-law during their marriage. The trial court had previously overruled the father's objections to interrogatories aimed at his financial dealings with his daughter, a non-party to the dissolution. The appellate court granted the father's petition, concluding that the information sought regarding the father's financial interactions with his daughter was irrelevant to the dissolution case, as it did not pertain to his son’s financial situation. Citing the Florida constitutional right to privacy, the court emphasized that there was no compelling reason to disclose the father's financial records related to his daughter. The court quashed the trial court's order overruling the father's objections to the first fifteen interrogatories. The wife's cross-petition challenging the trial court's decision to sustain objections to other interrogatories was not accepted for review, with the court noting that this issue could be raised in a plenary appeal after the final judgment of dissolution. The ruling was unanimous, with Justices GUNTHER and FARMER concurring.