JONES v. SMITH

No. 73-560.

278 So.2d 339 (1973)

Mr. JONES, Appellant, v. Mr. SMITH, Etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler R. Muller and Melvin Pearlman, of Mairs, Wood, Muller & Boroughs, Winter Park, for appellant.

Donald R. Corbett and Gladstone L. Kohloss, Orlando, for appellees.


MAGER, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying a claim for injunctive relief seeking to restrain the "obtaining or aiding in the obtaining of an abortion". Although pseudonyms are used the parties are real persons.

The primary question presented is whether a potential putative father has the right to restrain the natural mother from terminating a pregnancy resulting from their cohabitation. The appellant, who acknowledges that he is the father of the...

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