DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERVICES v. WYATT

No. 85-9.

475 So.2d 1332 (1985)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, On Behalf of Barbara WARD, Appellant, v. Glenn WYATT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Carlton, Lakeland, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


ORFINGER, Judge.

The Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services (HRS) appeals from an adverse summary judgment holding that the present action for determination of paternity and for support was barred by application of the doctrine of res judicata. We reverse.

In December 1982, HRS filed an amended two count complaint on behalf of Barbara Ward, plaintiff, against Glenn Wyatt, as defendant, seeking a declaration that Wyatt was the father of Tammy...

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