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 Paternity in Florida

 

 

Florida Supreme Court Case:

 

D.F. vs. Florida Dept of Revenue & Anderson Vs. Anderson

Here are the briefs and a transcript of the Oral Arguments

before the Florida Supreme Court

To hear the Oral Arguments or watch it live:

http://wfsu.org/rafiles/archives/96288v.ram

Case Summary

Transcript of Oral Arguments

These Briefs below have been filed in the

Paternity Cases before the Florida Supreme Court

BRIEF1

Case Details

AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF

of the State Attorney General and the State of Florida

BRIEF 3

same as Brief 1

RESPONDENT’S AMENDED ANSWER BRIEF

Brief 4

PETITIONER'S INITIAL BRIEF ON THE MERITS

Brief 5

PETITIONER'S REPLY BRIEF ON THE MERITS

Brief 6

 

Paternity Cases in Florida

 

Florida has not been consistent in the court rulings relating to paternity issues.

 

Click Here to read the Florida Cases

 

Other Paternity Cases

 

U. S. Supreme Court Ruling on Fathers and Immigration

 

Nguyen v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, No. 99-2071 (U.S. 06/11/2001

 

See Below for more Articles relating to Paternity

 

Discussion of Statute of Limitations

 

 

FSU Law Review © Article by Cynthia McNeely:

 

FAMILY COURTS AND CHILD CUSTODY

 

FSU Law Review Article © by THE HONORABLE CHRIS W. ALTENBERND

 

QUASI-MARITAL CHILDREN:

 

THE COMMON LAW'S FAILURE IN PRIVETTE AND DANIEL

 

CALLS FOR STATUTORY REFORM,

 

26 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 219 (1999)

 

Check out an article by Judge Corbin and Rana Holtz

 

in the Florida Bar Journal, January 1999, titled:

 

DISTINGUISHING LEGITIMACY FROM PATERNITY

 

HAS LEGITIMACY BECOME A LABEL WITHOUT SUBSTANCE UNDER FLORIDA LAW?

 

Fla. B.J., Jan. 1999, at 57  (not available on-line)

 

Kimberly G. Montanari, Note,

 

Does the Presumption of Legitimacy Actually

 

Protect the Best Interests of the Child? 

 

24 Stetson L. Rev. 809 (1995). Fla. B.J., Jan. 1999, at 57  (not available on-line)