T.J. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D03-1733.

860 So.2d 517 (2003)

T.J., the Father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Komando of Komando & Associates, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lori R. Shapiro and Jeffrey P. Bassett, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, for Appellee.


STEVENSON, J.

T.J., the putative father of D.G., appeals an order establishing his paternity as to the minor child and adjudicating the child dependent as to him on the ground of abandonment. T.J. seeks reversal of the adjudication of paternity, arguing, among other things, that the trial court applied an incorrect "preponderance of the evidence" burden of proof. We reverse.

Chapter 742, Florida Statutes, is the primary vehicle for the establishment of paternity...

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