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Dept. of Rev. v. Saunders

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 30, 1995
659 So. 2d 1285 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Opinion

No. 95-0526.

August 30, 1995.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Broward County, Dale Ross, J.

William H. Branch and Joseph R. Boyd of Boyd Branch, P.A., and Chriss Walker, Tallahassee, for appellant.

No brief filed for appellee.


Appellee Basil Saunders executed a stipulation in March 1994, in which he acknowledged that he was the legal and natural father of Kayla Saunders and agreed to pay child support. The trial court approved the stipulation in a final judgment entered on May 4, 1994 and retained jurisdiction only for enforcement for modification. In January 1995 appellee filed a notice of hearing styled as a motion for rehearing and requested paternity testing. The trial court ordered the testing, and the Department of Revenue appeals.

As the department correctly asserts, the final judgment based on the stipulation is res judicata on the issue of paternity. Dept. of Revenue ex rel. Freckleton v. Goulbourne, 648 So.2d 856 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995). If appellee's motion was intended to be a request for rehearing, it was not timely and, in any event, did not set forth any legally sufficient basis for setting aside the final judgment.

Reversed.

GLICKSTEIN, KLEIN and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Dept. of Rev. v. Saunders

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 30, 1995
659 So. 2d 1285 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)
Case details for

Dept. of Rev. v. Saunders

Case Details

Full title:DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ON BEHALF OF BRENDA BETRAND, APPELLANT, v. BASIL…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 30, 1995

Citations

659 So. 2d 1285 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

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