Court Opinion

ID: 9893159
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-25 22:21:34.622919+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:00:46.783531
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
     COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
ROXANNE B. MALIK WIFE OF/AND                    NO.   2023 CW 1063
ALI I. MALIK, INDIVIDUALLY
AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN: NRM; ZAM; AND IAM

VERSUS
KATHIE PESSES KABRICH WIFE                     OCTOBER 25, 2023
OF/AND RICHARD WAYNE KABRICH

In Re:     Roxanne   B.   Malik  wife  of/and  Ali  I.   Malik,
           individually and on behalf of their minor children:
           NRM; SAM; and IAM, applying for supervisory writs,
           22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany,
           No. 202312465.

BEFORE:    THERIOT, PENZATO, AND GREENE, JJ.

     STAY DENIED; WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER.     The portion of the
district court's September 25, 2023 ruling which denied, in
part, the motion to compel filed by plaintiffs as to discovery
on any matter occurring prior to 2023 is vacated.      Plaintiffs'
petition set forth allegations as to certain actions which
occurred prior to 2023.    Parties may obtain discovery regarding
any matter, not privileged, which is relevant to the subject
matter involved in the pending action.     La. Code Civ. P. art.
1422.   Accordingly, we find the district court erred in finding
that any matter occurring prior to 2023 was not relevant to this
action.  This matter is remanded to the district court to make a
determination as to the discovery requests which should be
answered by defendants in light of this finding and to provide
sufficient opportunity to defendants to respond to the discovery
as ordered by the district court prior to a hearing on the
preliminary injunction.     Moreover, we note that defendants'
responses to discovery should comply with La. Code Civ. P. art.
1458.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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    DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
        FOR THE COURT