FLORIDA DEPT. OF REVENUE v. EDDEN

No. 3D99-1614.

761 So.2d 436 (2000)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE on Behalf of Lawanda SPARKS, Appellant, v. Elton EDDEN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Cain & Snihur and May L. Cain and Bridgett H. Harvey, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and FLETCHER, JJ.


FLETCHER, Judge.

The State Department of Revenue has appealed an order in this action brought by Elton Edden to set aside a judgment of paternity. The order appealed denied the State's motion to dismiss and directed blood testing. We reverse.

In January 1986, Lawanda Sparks filed a paternity action against Edden to establish the paternity of her twin sons born out of wedlock. At the time, according to Edden's complaint, he "believed that [Sparks] had sexual...

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