IN RE MARRIAGE OF MEREDITH

No. 85-1396.

394 N.W.2d 336 (1986)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Maud Elizabeth MEREDITH and Edwin Thomas Meredith IV. Upon the Petition of Maud Elizabeth Meredith, Appellant, And Concerning Edwin Thomas Meredith IV, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Belin, Roger T. Stetson, and Donald G. Henry of Belin, Harris, Helmick, Tesdell, Lamson, Blackledge, and McCormick, Des Moines, for appellant.

Jack D. Hilmes of Duncan, Jones, Riley & Finley, Des Moines, and Sandra R. Murphy and Dewey J. Canton of McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, WOLLE, and NEUMAN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal in which the petitioner challenges the trial court's entry of a protective order barring discovery pertaining to nine discretionary spend-thrift trusts in which respondent has a beneficial interest. We conclude that the trial court's ruling must be reversed and we remand for further proceedings.

Maud and Tom were married April 3, 1982. Their only child, Katherine, was born February 21, 1983. On January 17, 1985...

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