Supreme Court of Florida
Florida Dep't of Revenue v. Cummings, SC04-1045
Unless a pleading conclusively establishes that the legal father's rights to a child have been divested by some earlier judgment, a legal father is an indispensable party in a paternity action brought by the State of Florida Department of Revenue under chapter 409, Florida Statutes (2000), to establish that a man other than the legal father is the child's biological father and, as such, is obligated to provide child support.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/11/2006
- Published 05/11/2006
Judges
- BELL, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and William H. Branch, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Louis K. Rosenbloum, P.A., Pensacola, FL, for Respondent.