CAIN v. SIMS

No. WW-345.

396 So.2d 234 (1981)

Brenda CAIN and the State of Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Appellants, v. Leon Andrew SIMS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Boyd and W. Crit Smith of Boyd, Harris & Smith, P.A. and Chriss Walker of Child Support Enforcement, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, for appellants.

John Robert Grass, Pensacola, for appellee.


OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., (Retired), Associate Judge.

Appellee, the defendant in a paternity action brought under Chapter 742, Florida Statute (1979), was awarded attorney's fees (challenged here) after the plaintiff had taken a voluntary nonsuit pursuant to Rule 1.420(a), Fla.R.Civ.P.

Without deciding whether the case of Randle-Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. v. Vasta, 360 So.2d 68 (Fla. 1978), is precedent requiring...

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