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STATE, DEPT. OF REVENUE v. ALLEN

No. 1D00-1100.

772 So.2d 633 (2000)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE by and on Behalf of Angela T. WEAVER, Appellant, v. Briggs ALLEN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon C. Degnan and Diane H. Tutt of Diane H. Tutt, P.A., Plantation, for Appellant.

Michael Gates, Shalimar, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We conclude that the Department of Revenue filed the complaint in good faith in reliance on the paternity affidavit executed by the mother of the child. Accordingly, we must reverse the order awarding attorney's fees to the putative father under section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1997). See Department of Revenue v. Hannah, 745 So.2d 1055 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). We recognize that section 57.105 was revised in 1999 to...

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