B.J.Y. v. M.A.

No. 79396.

617 So.2d 1061 (1993)

B.J.Y., Petitioner/Appellant, v. M.A., Respondent/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Stephanie A. Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Alan Michael Foody of Noe, Eakin & Foody, Atlantic Beach, for respondent.

Joseph R. Boyd and William H. Branch of Boyd & Branch, Chriss Walker, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.


OVERTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the decision in B.J.Y. v. M.A., 594 So.2d 816 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), in which the district court declared section 742.031, Florida Statutes (1991), to be unconstitutional to the extent that it eliminates a putative father's right to a jury trial in paternity proceedings. The district court also certified to this Court the following question as one of great public importance:

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