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Escarmant v. Knight

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 26, 1982
420 So. 2d 942 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

Opinion

No. 81-2675.

October 26, 1982.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Phillip W. Knight, J.

Melvin A. Rubin, Miami, for appellant.

Hutner Abramson and Stuart Abramson, Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


We affirm the judgment of the trial court which found the appellee not to be the father of appellant's child. Although a blood grouping test established a likelihood that Knight was the father and the appellant unequivocally testified that only Knight could have been, appellant's credibility was severely eroded by her admissions, inter alia, that she had told a number of persons that a man named Smith had fathered the child; when the child was born (some six years before the paternity proceedings were instituted), she gave the surname Smith to the child; and she lived with Smith during her pregnancy and thereafter married him. Clearly, the trial court was free to find unworthy of belief the appellant's testimony that she never had intercourse with Smith until after the child was born and free to conclude, as it did, that Knight was not the father.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Escarmant v. Knight

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 26, 1982
420 So. 2d 942 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)
Case details for

Escarmant v. Knight

Case Details

Full title:OLA ESCARMANT, APPELLANT, v. FRAZIER KNIGHT, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 26, 1982

Citations

420 So. 2d 942 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

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