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RACE v. SULLIVAN

No. 91-2116.

612 So.2d 660 (1993)

Mary RACE, Individually and as next friend of Sean Sullivan, a minor child, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Patrick Joseph SULLIVAN, Appellee/cross-appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and A. Thomas Connick of Boutwell & Connick, Deerfield Beach, for appellants/cross-appellees.

William L. Gardiner, III of Patterson, Maloney & Gardiner, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee/cross-appellant.

STONE, Judge.

The final judgment in this paternity action orders shared parental responsibility. Chapter 742 of the Florida Statutes, governing paternity suits, is silent as to shared parental responsibility, which is authorized only pursuant to section 61.13(2)(b)(2), Florida Statutes. The Appellant/mother contends that shared parental responsibility cannot be applied where the parties are not married, particularly where...

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