LOCKLEAR v. SAMPSON

No. BC-439.

478 So.2d 1113 (1985)

James LOCKLEAR, Appellant, v. Beverly SAMPSON and Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Matthews, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Joseph R. Boyd, Susan S. Thompson, and William H. Branch of Boyd, Thompson & Williams, P.A., Tallahassee, and Chriss Walker, Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Judge.

James Locklear appeals a final judgment of paternity entered against him as a result of a default order. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

On March 8, 1983, Beverly Sampson, mother of a minor child, and the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services filed a complaint against appellant to determine paternity and to establish his obligation to pay past and future support of the child he allegedly fathered. Appellant answered...

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