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What Can I Do If My Spouse Is Harassing Me in My Orlando, Florida Area Divorce?

What you can do if your spouse is harassing you in an Orlando, Florida divorce depends on how your spouse is harassing you in your Orlando, Florida Divorce Case. The type of harassment you are facing will enable you to determine what your options are to do regarding that harassment. For example, if your spouse is threatening you with violence, has committed domestic violence against you, or you are in fear of being the victim of domestic violence, you can go to the clerk’s office and file a Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence.   

If your spouse is attempting to annoy, embarrass, oppress, or cause undue burden or expense to you by filing pleadings that are being filed for no good reason or cause, or that are extremely intrusive, you can file a Motion for Protective Order. Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.280(c), allows a party who shows good cause from who discovery is sought to move the court for a protective order to protect the party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense. This rule may be applicable if your spouse is trying to obtain psychological or psychiatric records from you or your child, privileged information from you or your child, your entire employment file, or have your child deposed as a witness or testify as a witness. 

If you file a Motion for Protective Order, and request a hearing, then at the hearing the court must weigh your right to privacy against the need for and the probative values of what information is sought from you.

The court will examine whether the requested information is necessary for the opposing party to prove his/her case. It will also examine whether the information is privileged information. 

Examples of when a Motion for Protective Order May be filed are for the following:

1. Your spouse requests your entire employment record. This may be over broad. In most cases only your pay information may be relevant because what you earn is relevant to how much child support you pay; and whether and how much alimony you may pay. 
2. Your spouse requests communications between you and your attorney which is privileged.
3. You spouse requests records from your therapist.   

If you have more questions regarding a Marital and Family Law matter, you may call Ann Marie Giordano Gilden, Esquire at Ann Marie Giordano Gilden, P.A. at 407-732-7620 and set an initial consultation. You may also visit my website at: https//: www.AnnMarieGildenLaw.com