SMITH v. PATTON

No. 90-631.

562 So.2d 859 (1990)

Jeraldine Williams SMITH, Petitioner, v. James and Barbara PATTON, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeraldine Smith, pro se.

Patricia Fournier, Tallahassee, for respondent Barbara Patton.

Thomas Lager, Tallahassee, for respondent James Patton.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner, attorney Jeraldine Williams Smith, seeks a writ of certiorari for review of a trial court order granting access to documents on which Smith claims a retaining lien for the payment of attorney's fees. Finding that Smith is entitled in part to the relief she seeks, we grant the writ, and quash so much of the trial court's order as permits access to the documents by either respondent Barbara Patton or her counsel.

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