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STATE ON BEHALF OF D.J.N. v. REDDING

No. 96-703.

685 So.2d 1000 (1997)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, on behalf of D.J.N., a child, Appellant, v. Patrick REDDING, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Jon J. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Burton D. Greenfield, Miami, for appellee.

Before COPE, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.

COPE, Judge.

The Florida Department of Revenue appeals an order dismissing a paternity action brought on behalf of the minor child D.J.N. We conclude that the doctrine of res judicata does not bar this action, and return the matter to the trial court for a determination of paternity on the merits.

D.J.N., was born in 1992. In 1993, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, the agency then responsible for child support enforcement, filed...

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