Enos v. Baker
Discovery of law practice restricted. Client’s need for privacy is greater than need for marital economics and convenience.
Eyde v. Eyde
Discovery of business partnership documents allowed. Partners’ interest in confidentiality is protected by court’s order.
Schnabel v. Orange County Superior Court
Court properly compelled close corporation to produce for discovery by the wife of an employee and minority shareholder its records and tax returns as well as the husband’s payroll records.
Estevez v. Superior Court
Discovery of high income parent would be unnecessary, burdensome and irrelevant where he agrees to pay any reasonable amount of child support.
Van Meter v. Zimmer
Ex-wife’s joint income tax returns with her new husband are discoverable, rejecting argument about relevance and privacy.
In Re Marriage of Gerrits v. Gerrits
Since wife waived claim for attorney fees, her fee arrangement is irrelevant and the trial court properly denied husband’s discovery requests.
In Re Marriage of Winters v. Winters
Trial court properly denied discovery requests which exceeded the bounds reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence.
Estevez v. Superior Court
Actor does not have to produce information relating to his finances because he his an “extraordinarily high income earner”. Requiring calculation of support under guidelines would be unnecessary, unduly burdensome and oppressive.
State ex rel. Dudek v. Circuit Court
Function of pretrial discovery is to aid, not hinder, the proper working of the adversary system.
Furrenes v. Ford Motor Co.
Dismissal on merits for failure to comply with court’s discovery orders affirmed.