DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERV. v. MOORE

No. 91-1550.

603 So.2d 13 (1992)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, etc., Appellant, v. James C. MOORE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldyne H. Carlton of Carlton & Carlton, P.A., Lakeland, for appellant.

William J. McLeod of McLeod, McLeod & McLeod, P.A., Apopka, for appellee.


PETERSON, Judge.

The testimony presented in this paternity suit amounted to an accusation by the child's mother and a denial by the accused defendant, James C. Moore. The judicial hearing officer found that both were equally credible and that, therefore, the plaintiff had failed to prove the case by a preponderance of the evidence.

While paternity evaluation reports that may have tipped the scales in favor of the plaintiff were filed in the record below, defendant...

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