742.011
Proceedings for determination of paternity, rights, and responsibilities; jurisdiction.
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us
JustiaFla. Statutes
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
742.011 Proceedings for determination of paternity, rights, and responsibilities; jurisdiction.—Any woman who is pregnant or has a child, any man who has reason to believe that he is the father of a child, or any child may bring proceedings in the circuit court, in chancery, to determine the paternity of the child when paternity has not been established by law or otherwise. After the birth of the child, a parent may request a determination of parental responsibility and child support and for the creation of a parenting plan and time-sharing schedule pursuant to chapter 61.
History.—s. 1, ch. 26949, 1951; s. 5, ch. 75-166; s. 13, ch. 83-214; s. 150, ch. 86-220; s. 1, ch. 2023-209.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 82
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1955–2025 · leading case: Gammon v. Cobb
Gammon v. Cobb (1976)
“Section 742.011, Florida Statutes. As initially enacted in 1828 the law provided that any " single woman who shall be pregnant or delivered of a child, who by law would be deemed and held a bastard" was entitled to bring an action for a limited recovery "not exceeding fifty…”
Kendrick v. Everheart (1980)
“Because the trial court ruled on the constitutionality of section 742.011, Florida Statutes, we have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution.”
Rose v. Sonson (2016)
“See § 742.011, Fla. Stat. (1982) (“Amy woman who shall be pregnant or delivered of a child may bring proceedings in the circuit court, in chan- *138 eery, to determine the paternity of such child.”
Heart of Adoptions, Inc. v. JA (2007)
“" Section 742.011, Florida Statutes (2005), provides: Any woman who is pregnant or has a child, any man who has reason to believe that he is the father of a child, or any child may bring proceedings in the circuit court, in chancery, to determine the paternity of the child when…”
Greenfield v. Daniels (2010)
“1976), we held unconstitutional that part of section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1975), that allowed only unmarried women the right to bring an action for support based on paternity of a biological father who is not the husband.”
G.F.C. v. S.G. (1997)
“However, this statute does not expand this right to a man such as G.”
R.H.B. v. J.B.W. (2002)
“2d DCA 1960); § 742.011, Fla. Stat. (1975). However, in Gammon v.”
Gilbertson v. Boggs (1999)
“Boggs and her husband filed a Motion to Dismiss and to Seal Record alleging that pursuant to section 742.011, Gilbertson lacked standing to bring the paternity action on the grounds that he could not overcome the presumption of legitimacy given to the minor child by her legal…”
Florida Dept. of Revenue v. MLS (2000)
“See § 742.011, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1986); ch. 86-220, § 150, Laws of Fla.”
Smith v. Wise (1970)
“Proceeding under § 742.011 Fla. Stat., F.S.A., [1] the appellee filed a complaint in the circuit court of Dade County on December 2, 1968, against the appellant, seeking a determination of the paternity of a child born to her on January 8, 1968, alleging that the child was born…”
Guerrero v. Staglish (1981)
“Section 742.011 Florida Statutes (1979) prohibits a putative father from bringing a paternity action against the mother of an illegitimate child.”
Slowinski v. Sweeney (2011)
“For example, section 742.011, Florida Statutes (2010), states paternity suits may be brought only “to determine the paternity of the child when paternity has not been established by law or otherwise.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.