PATRICK CONCANNON
v.
SHEILA M. SCHNOTALA AND S.H. AND J.S., CHILDREN
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A trial court must conduct an in-camera inspection of hospital discharge paperwork before ordering production to prevent disclosure of irrelevant information.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FIFTH DISTRICT
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
PATRICK CONCANNON,
Petitioner,
v. Case No. 5D20-656
SHEILA M. SCHNOTALA AND S.H. AND J.S., CHILDREN,
Respondents.
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Opinion filed July 2, 2020
Petition for Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, George B. Turner, Judge.
Elizabeth A. Myers and Jeffrey E. Bigman, of Smith Bigman Brock, P.A., Daytona Beach, for Petitioner.
Gregory A. Crutchfield, of Crutchfield, Wilson & Pyles, Rockledge, for Respondents.
PER CURIAM.
Patrick Concannon petitions for certiorari review of the trial court’s rulings on written discovery propounded by S.H. and J.S. We deny the petition with one exception. The trial court’s order departed from the essential requirements of law because it ordered production of Concannon’s hospital discharge paperwork without an
2 in-camera inspection to prevent disclosure of irrelevant information. See Barker v. Barker, 909 So. 2d 333, 338 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). PETITION GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART; ORDER QUASHED IN PART; and REMANDED.
EVANDER, C.J., COHEN and TRAVER, JJ., concur.