Opinion
No. 84-1035.
August 15, 1984.
Petition from the Circuit Court, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Robert C. Abel, Jr., J.
Rohan Kelley of Kelley Herb, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.
Peter J. Forman of Gustafson, Stephens, Ferris, Forman Hall, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondent — Security Trust Company, n/k/a Northern Trust Bank of Florida, N.A.
J. Michael Fitzgerald and Margaret Lynch Hopkins of Wood, Lucksinger Epstein, Miami, for respondent — Archbishop Carroll Catholic Life Center Trust.
Gerald M. Morris of Saunders, Curtis, Ginestra Gore, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent — Holy Cross Hospital.
Joseph G. Young of Smathers Thompson, Miami, for respondent — Faith Williamson.
Daniel T. Carpenter of Bird, Carpenter Brown, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Administrator Ad Litem for the Estate of Raymond E. Gross — Daniel T. Carpenter.
Whether depositions, or any other discovery, should be limited is within the broad discretion of the trial court. Orlowitz v. Orlowitz, 199 So.2d 97 (Fla. 1967); Continental Mortgage Investors v. Village By The Sea, 252 So.2d 833 (Fla. 4th DCA 1971).
Communications between spouses are privileged only if intended to be made in confidence. § 90.504(1), Fla. Stat. (1983); Hughs' Florida Evidence Manual, § 136; See also 24 Fla.Jur.2d, Evidence and Witnesses, § 529.
A protective order under Rule 1.280(c), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure is available only upon a showing of good cause. Orlando Sports Stadium v. Sentinel Star Co., 316 So.2d 607 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975).
Certiorari will not be granted "except in those cases where an abuse of discretion has been shown so as to constitute a departure from the essential requirements of law which cannot be remedied on appeal." Burroughs Corporation v. White Lumber Sales, 372 So.2d 122 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979).
CERTIORARI DENIED.
LETTS, HERSEY and GLICKSTEIN, JJ., concur.