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STATE v. DIXON

No. 78563.

594 So.2d 295 (1992)

STATE of Florida, et al., Appellants, v. E.D. "Bud" DIXON, Etc., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Joseph Lewis, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Joseph R. Boyd and William H. Branch of Boyd & Branch, P.A., Tallahassee, and Chriss Walker of Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Victor J. Troiano of Troiano & Roberts, P.A., Lakeland, for appellee.

Steven Carta of Simpson, Henderson, Savage & Carta, Fort Myers, amicus curiae, for Charlie Green, Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Lee County, Florida.

Fred W. Baggett and Robert R. McDonald of Roberts, Baggett, LaFace & Richard, Tallahassee, amicus curiae, for Florida Ass'n of Court Clerks.

HARDING, Justice.

We have for review State v. Dixon, 584 So.2d 999 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), in which the Second District Court of Appeal certified the trial court's opinion that section 61.181(5), Florida Statutes (1989),1 violated article VII, section 10 of the Florida Constitution. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(5) of the Florida Constitution. We hold that section 61.181(5) is constitutional because it does...

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