STATE, DEPT. OF REVENUE v. YOUNG

No. 1D08-41.

995 So.2d 1080 (2008)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, on behalf of Angel LAWSON, Petitioner, v. Robert P. YOUNG, III, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, William H. Branch, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Robert P. Young, III, pro se, Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The Department of Revenue challenges the lower court's issuance of two orders for scientific paternity testing after the entry of a default final judgment of paternity. We elect to treat this appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari and grant the petition. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.040(c) ("If a party seeks an improper remedy, the cause shall be treated as if the proper remedy had been sought...."). Because the lower court departed from the essential...

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