RUDOLPH HUTCHINS, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Steglich v. Guerrero, 437 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983)
  …mother was granted a summary judgment which Guerrero appealed. This court reversed and remanded, finding that material issues of fact existed concerning the putative father’s paternity of the child, precluding summary judgment. Guerrero v. Staglish, 400 So. 2d 190 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). Upon remand, a hearing was held at which the court heard testimony of Guerrero, the appellant and her husband, Mr. Steglich. This timely appeal was taken following entry of the trial court’s order on appellant’s motion for rehear…
• Downs v. Racquel King, 703 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997)
  …remedy for a mother to establish paternity, the statute does not preclude an action by a father to adjudicate paternity where necessary to determine certain existing rights. See Kendrick v. Everheart, 390 So. 2d 53 (Fla.1980); Guerrero v. Staglish, 400 So. 2d 190 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981)(recogniz-ing the right of a putative father to couple a request for visitation rights with an action seeking to adjudicate paternity). In the instant case, the issue of paternity must be resolved before there can be a considerat…
• Est. OF James P. Maher, III v. Iglikova, 138 So. 3d 484 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014)
  …ption’ means the act of creating the legal relationship between parent and child where it did not exist.” § 63.032(3), Fla. Stat. (2010). However, adjudication of paternity merely acknowledges an existing relationship. See e.g. Guerrero v. Staglish, 400 So. 2d 190,191 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). In addition, it is not within the purview of this Court to expand the meaning of the statute when its language is clear and unambiguous. Accordingly, we hold that the trial court erred when it denied Taran’s motion for summar…