FORD v. LOEFFLER

No. 78-325.

363 So.2d 23 (1978)

Janis FORD, Appellant, v. John LOEFFLER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gold & Fox and Roberta Fulton Fox, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Daniel P. Tunick, Miami, for appellee.

Before PEARSON, BARKDULL and KEHOE, JJ.


KEHOE, Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order denying defendant's motion to dismiss a complaint for declaratory judgment. In the complaint, plaintiff alleged that he was the father of defendant's child and sought visitation rights. The mother, defendant below, denied plaintiff's claim of paternity and argued that declaratory relief was an inappropriate remedy on these facts. We agree.

At common law, the putative father of an illegitimate child...

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