STEVENS v. FLORIDA DEPT. OF REVENUE

No. 2D00-1671.

790 So.2d 1182 (2001)

John M. STEVENS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE on Behalf of Denise M. Beltran, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia R. Vetter of Vetter & Hunter, Tampa, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jon J. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


STRINGER, Judge.

John Stevens appeals a final judgment establishing paternity and child support. Because the Department of Revenue (DOR) failed to lay the proper predicate to admit in evidence the results of Mr. Stevens' DNA test, we reverse.

On December 20, 1994, the DOR filed a paternity petition on behalf of the mother, Denise Beltran. Ms. Beltran, a California resident, executed an affidavit in support of the petition alleging that Mr. Stevens fathered...

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