[DOWNLOAD] "Blazek V. Superior Court" by Arizona Court of Appeals ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Blazek V. Superior Court
- Author : Arizona Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 22, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
Description
Petitioner Bonnie Blazek ("petitioner") brings this special action from the trial court's order denying her Motion for Protective Order. The issue presented is whether the trial court was arbitrary and capricious or abused its discretion by ruling (1) that the marital communications privilege allows discovery of statements made by petitioner to her husband when they were separated, and (2) that petitioner must produce psychological records relating to her divorce and child custody proceedings because she put her psychological state in issue by claiming emotional damages in this civil suit for sexual harassment and rape. We accepted jurisdiction by an order dated November 30, 1993, with this opinion to follow because the existence of a privilege is a question of law and a special action is the appropriate means of relief when a party is ordered to disclose what she believes is privileged material. State ex rel. Romley v. Superior Ct. (Roper), 172 Ariz. 232, 235, 836 P.2d 445, 448 (App. 1992). We grant partial relief by vacating the trial court's orders.