STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH AND REHAB. v. KELLY

No. 85-1949.

487 So.2d 385 (1986)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES ex rel. Sylvia AYALA, Appellants, v. Larry Dean KELLY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Carlton, Lakeland, for appellants.

No appearance for appellee.


SANDERLIN, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, on behalf of Sylvia Ayala, filed a complaint to establish that Larry Dean Kelly was the father of a child born to Ayala on January 21, 1982. At the end of trial, the court announced, without explanation, that paternity had not been established, and entered an order dismissing the complaint with prejudice. We reverse.

Upon review, we hold that the manifest weight of the evidence establishes...

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