DIXON v. MADDOX

No. AQ-187.

440 So.2d 19 (1983)

Jacqueline DIXON, et al., Appellants, v. David King MADDOX, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Boyd and Michael L. Berry, of Boyd & Smith, and Chris Walker, of Child Support, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Jeffry A. Mulrain, Jacksonville, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court dismissed the complaint in this paternity action with prejudice because "alternative pleading alleging that one of two or one of a group of potential fathers is the actual father is not proper or appropriate in a paternity action" and because the allegations "concede that said plaintiff is unable to determine the father of the child in question." It was error to dismiss the complaint on this ground. Holliman v. Green,

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