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DINKENS v. CIRCUIT COURT OF TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

No. 85-197.

489 So.2d 46 (1986)

James DINKENS, Appellant, v. The CIRCUIT COURT OF the TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Dinkens, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mitchell D. Franks, Chief Trial Counsel, James Vail, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

SCHOONOVER, Judge.

Appellant, James Dinkens, seeks review of an order abating a civil action. We reverse.

Appellant, a convicted felon, filed a petition for name change in the Tenth Judicial Circuit. The trial court entered an order abating the petition until appellant's civil rights were restored. The court entered its order on the basis of Watts v. Buck, 454 So.2d 1079 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), in which we held that section...

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