Case Name: Anita R. CONLEY, etc., Petitioner, v. Cynthia A. REISINGER, etc., Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-24
Citations: 713 So. 2d 1113
Docket Number: No. 98-967
Parties: Anita R. CONLEY, etc., Petitioner, v. Cynthia A. REISINGER, etc., Respondent.
Judges: PETERSON and ANTOON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 713
Pages: 1113–1114

Head Matter:
Anita R. CONLEY, etc., Petitioner, v. Cynthia A. REISINGER, etc., Respondent.
No. 98-967.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 24, 1998.
John A. Shughart, Jr., and Clifford D.Edelston of Shughart & Associates, Orlando, for Petitioner.
C. Richard Newsome of Overchuck & Lan-ga, P.A., Orlando, and Laura P. Denault of the Law Office of Laura P. Denault, Miami, for Respondent.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
We deny the petition for writ of certiorari which seeks to quash the order of the court requiring discovery.
Petitioner alleges the proposed deponent is her spouse thus cannot be deposed regarding privileged communications.
Respondent points out that there was no lawful marriage between petitioner and deponent because the deponent was already married when he purported to marry petitioner. The trial court agreed, correctly, with respondent that because no valid marriage existed (it was void ab initio) then no marital privilege existed. But, in caution, the court allowed a partial deposition, pending this court's determination, to allow the deponent to testify about what he saw petitioner do when she destroyed evidence.
Because no marriage existed, no privilege existed and petition must be denied. We do not address the question of mootness because we have not read the deposition and do not know if all discovery was given.
PETITION DENIED.
PETERSON and ANTOON, JJ., concur.