PARTEN v. BRIGHAM

No. 2-89-226-CV.

785 S.W.2d 165 (1989)

Katherine Jean Foltz PARTEN, Relator, v. The Honorable William H. BRIGHAM, Senior Sitting Judge for the 233rd District Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

December 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil S. Callaway, Law Offices of John R. Lively, Fort Worth, for relator.

Robert T. Stites, Stites, Hoover, Clark & Smith, P.C., Fort Worth, for respondent.

Before JOE SPURLOCK, II, KELTNER and LATTIMORE, JJ.


KELTNER, Justice.

This mandamus proceeding arises from a bill of review proceeding to set aside a divorce decree because of the husband's alleged fraud and misrepresentation in concealing community assets.

The primary issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion in ordering the production of the wife's attorney's entire file in the underlying divorce proceeding despite the wife's claim of the attorney-client privilege. The secondary issue concerns...

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