LYONS v. LYONS

No. 4D14-3429.

162 So.3d 212 (2015)

Valerie A. LYONS Individually and as Co-Trustee and Beneficiary of the Richard C. Lyons and Norma W. Lyons 1998 Dynasty Trust; Norma W. Lyons Individually and as Managing Partner and the General Partner(s) of Lyons Family Limited Partnership; and Lyons Family Limited Partnership, Petitioners, v. Sanford D. LYONS Individually and as Co-Trustee of the Richard C. Lyons and Norma W. Lyons 1998 Dynasty Trust; Timothy R. Lyons Individually and as Purported Cotrustee of the Richard C. Lyons and Norma W. Lyons 1998 Dynasty Trust; The Richard C. Lyons and Norma W. Lyons 1998 Dynasty Trust; Dorothy A. Lyons-Heffner; John C. Lyons; and John C. Lyons and Carol Ann Williams Lyons as Co-Trustees of the John C. Lyons Trust September 2, 1988, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Tuttle, II of William M. Tuttle, II, P.A., Coral Gables, for petitioners.

Thomas Karl Topor of The Kelley Law Firm, PL, Fort Lauderdale, for respondents Sanford D. Lyons and Timothy R. Lyons.


In this litigation over control of a family trust, the trial court overruled petitioners' privilege objection to the production of documents from the trust accountant, a non-party, pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.351. Procedurally, petitioners claimed that their objection required the respondents to forego reliance on Rule...

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