SIEGLER v. WISER

No. 4-86-2828.

517 So.2d 124 (1987)

Margie SIEGLER and Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Appellants, v. Robert WISER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Branch of Boyd and Thompson, P.A., Tallahassee, and Chriss Walker of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Jerald A. Goldstein, Boca Raton, for appellee.


STONE, Judge.

Appellant sought a determination of paternity and child support. In the course of litigation, a dispute arose concerning whether the case had been settled by an exchange of communications between the parties. The trial court found that there had been an offer and acceptance, and that there was no public policy in Florida prohibiting a parent from contracting away an "inchoate" right of an illegitimate child to support prior to a determination of paternity...

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