MERCADO v. PARENT

No. 81-824.

421 So.2d 740 (1982)

Carlos H. MERCADO, Appellant, v. P. Jacques PARENT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff M. Brown of Lavalle, Wochna, Rutherford, Truesdell & Brown, Boca Raton, for appellant.

Robert C. Furr, Boca Raton, for appellee.


GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a post-judgment order requiring a lawyer who represented a defendant in a civil action to divulge the client's address in aid of execution following the entry of final judgment. We reverse.

The lawyer-client privilege is codified in section 90.502, Florida Statutes (1979) and enables the lawyer to claim the privilege on behalf of the client to refuse to disclose the contents of a confidential communication. Exclusions...

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