Some communications stay protected — even when relevant.

Privilege is the fifth gate, and in family cases it is commonly the hardest one: therapy records, spousal communications, and advocate conversations each carry their own statute, their own holder, and their own exceptions. The three statutes are quoted below, verbatim. Whether a privilege applies, who holds it, and whether an exception opens it are lawyer questions — this page will not pretend otherwise.

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Fla. Stat. § 90.104 Fla. Stat. § 90.402 Fla. Stat. § 90.403 Fla. Stat. § 90.503 Fla. Stat. § 90.504 Fla. Stat. § 90.5036 Fla. Stat. § 90.802 Fla. Stat. § 90.803 Fla. Stat. § 90.901 Fla. Stat. § 90.902 Fla. Stat. § 90.952 Fla. Stat. § 90.953 Fla. Stat. § 90.954 Fla. Stat. § 92.525 Fla. Stat. § 934.03

Psychotherapist-patient (§ 90.503)

Therapy and counseling records — a parent's, a child's — are commonly the most contested privilege ground in family court, because they sit where privilege, best interests, and confidentiality meet. The statute defines who counts as a psychotherapist, who holds the privilege, and its exceptions; every one of those definitions matters.

“confidential communications or records made for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of the patient's mental or emotional condition, including alcoholism and other drug addiction, between the patient and the psychotherapist, or persons who are participating”

Fla. Stat. § 90.503 — read the full section →

Husband-wife (§ 90.504)

Confidential communications between spouses carry their own privilege — with exceptions the statute states, including proceedings between the spouses themselves. Whether a message between spouses is privileged in YOUR case is exactly the kind of question the exceptions decide.

“communications which were intended to be made in confidence between the spouses while they were husband and wife.”

Fla. Stat. § 90.504 — read the full section →

Domestic-violence advocate-victim (§ 90.5036)

Communications with a domestic-violence advocate are protected so that seeking help is safe. If this privilege touches your situation, the order of operations is safety first, advocate second, evidence questions after — never the reverse.

“domestic violence advocate" means any employee or volunteer who has 30 hours of training in assisting victims of domestic violence and is an employee of or volunteer for a program for victims of domestic violence whose primary purpose is the rend”

Fla. Stat. § 90.5036 — read the full section →

Safety first: if domestic violence touches your case, start at the safety page — advocates and the injunction process come before any evidence planning, and this platform's DV workflows stay under independent advocate review by design.

Why this page routes instead of answering

Privilege analysis is conclusion work: holder, scope, waiver, exception — four judgments per communication. This platform shows the statutes and stops. Independent attorney review is the route when a privilege question is live in your case.

Statutory excerpts are verbatim from the hash-verified corpus; statutory text renders in English as enacted. Legal information, not legal advice.