Cases from cite.case.law:

PERKINS, v. SIMMONDS,, 227 So. 3d 646 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . Alternatively, he asserts that section 742.011 of the Florida Statutes (2015) violates the constitutional . . . Section 742.011 provides the following basis for the court’s jurisdiction over the parties: Any woman . . . determine the paternity of the child when paternity has not been established by law or otherwise. § 742.011 . . .

C. ROSE, v. SONSON Co- R., 208 So. 3d 136 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . At the time Rose was born, and until October 1986 when section 742.011 of the Florida Statutes was amended . . . See § 742.011, Fla. . . . (amending section 742.011 to permit, in addition to mothers, both putative children and putative fathers . . . established in Florida either before Rose attained majority on December 25, 1982, or before section 742.011 . . . In 1986, and at the same time that section 742.011 was amended to allow both putative children and putative . . .

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, o b o M. COWIE, v. A. ORLOWSKI,, 184 So. 3d 1200 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . See also § 742.011, Fla. Stat. . . .

J. A. I. J. K. C. v. B. R., 160 So. 3d 473 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . Section 742.011 provides that a man who believes that he may be the father of a child may bring an action . . . Therefore, section 742.011 did not provide B.R. with a statutory basis to bring a cause of action to-determine . . .

C. G. v. J. R. J. R., 130 So. 3d 776 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . the proper procedure for determining paternity for “children bom out of wedlock ” and that section 742.011 . . . Id. at 1385 (quoting §§ 742.011, 742.10). . . .

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, o b o R. S. M. v. B. J. M., 127 So. 3d 859 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . See §§ 61.13, 742.011, Fla. Stat. (2010). . . .

PENA, v. DIAZ, 125 So. 3d 356 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . Simultaneously in Citrus County, Pena filed his second paternity action under section 742.011, which . . . putative biological father is not necessarily precluded from bringing a paternity action under section 742.011 . . .

J. T. J. v. N. H. E. R., 84 So. 3d 1176 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . Section 742.011 provides the basis for the circuit court’s jurisdiction over a party: Any woman who is . . .

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. v. J. PHILLIPS, J. R. L. J. K., 110 So. 3d 908 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . . § 742.011, Fla. Stat. (1973). . . .

J. SCHAFFER, v. S. LING,, 76 So. 3d 940 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . dismiss, asserting that the conception of the child in Florida provided jurisdiction under sections 742.011 . . .

SLOWINSKI v. M. SWEENEY,, 64 So. 3d 128 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . For example, section 742.011, Florida Statutes (2010), states paternity suits may be brought only “to . . . Gagliano, 815 So.2d 721, 722 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002) (stating “section 742.011 does not extend to permit . . .

GREENFIELD, M. D. v. DANIELS, St. s v., 51 So. 3d 421 (Fla. 2010)

. . . Cobb, 335 So.2d 261 (Fla.1976), we held unconstitutional that part of section 742.011, Florida Statutes . . . Section 742.011, Florida Statutes, was amended in 1986 to allow either a mother or a putative father . . .

MOHORN, v. THOMAS, 30 So. 3d 710 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . Section 742.011 provides that “[a]ny woman who is pregnant or has a child, any man who has reason to . . .

CAMPAGNA, f k a v. COPE,, 971 So. 2d 243 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . See § 742.011, Fla. Stat. (2005). . . .

HEART OF ADOPTIONS, INC. v. J. A., 963 So. 2d 189 (Fla. 2007)

. . . Section 742.011, Florida Statutes (2005), provides: Any woman who is pregnant or has a child, any man . . .

WILLIAMS- RAYMOND, v. JONES,, 954 So. 2d 721 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . Section 742.011 provides that “[a]ny woman who is pregnant or has a child, any man who has reason to . . .

S. LANDER, v. L. SMITH,, 906 So. 2d 1130 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . Gagliano, 815 So.2d 721, 722 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)(“The court expressly held that section 742.011 does . . .

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, o b o PRESTON, v. CUMMINGS, o b o L. v. J. II, o b o M. v. J. o b o v. o b o v. O. III, o b o v. E., 871 So. 2d 1055 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Section 742.011 permits a paternity action only “when paternity has not been established by law or otherwise . . .

R. H. B. v. J. B. W., 826 So. 2d 346 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . Yancey, 122 So.2d 202 (Fla. 2d DCA 1960); § 742.011, Fla. Stat. (1975). However, in Gammon v. . . . Cobb, 335 So.2d 261 (Fla.1976), the supreme court held that section 742.011 violated a child’s equal . . . In response to Gammon, section 742.011 was amended to delete the word “unmarried” and to permit “any . . . Stat. (1941) (permitting a single woman to make complaint for bastardy); § 742.011, Fla. . . . Stat. (1975) (permitting any unmarried woman to bring proceedings to determine paternity); § 742.011, . . .

BELLOMO v. S. J. GAGLIANO,, 815 So. 2d 721 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . The court expressly held that section 742.011 does not extend to permit the alleged biological father . . .

J. THURSTON, v. THURSTON,, 777 So. 2d 1001 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . contrasted a proceeding under 731.29(1) with proceedings for determination of paternity under sections 742.011 . . .

JOHNSON, v. RUBY, n k a, 771 So. 2d 1275 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1999) states, Any woman who is pregnant or has a child, any man who . . .

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE R. A. E. v. M. L. S., 756 So. 2d 125 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Although at the time of I.S.’s birth section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1985), only permitted a mother . . . In addition, section 742.011 was amended effective October 1, 1986, to allow a putative father to file . . . See § 742.011, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1986); ch. 86-220, § 150, Laws of Fla. . . . See, e.g., §§ 742.011- Citing Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540, DOR also argues that the ap-pellee . . .

BARDOL v. MARTIN,, 763 So. 2d 1119 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . It is no accident that section 742.011 provides that “any child,” among others, “may bring proceedings . . . So too does the statute pertaining to children born out of wedlock. § 742.011 (any child may bring proceedings . . . And as I have also pointed out twice, section 742.011 specifically allows the affected children to initiate . . . natural father ... has been expressed in other statutes and decisional law, notwithstanding [section 742.011 . . .

RYAN n k a v. REHBERG,, 744 So. 2d 1132 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Ryan’s petition was section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1993), and since paternity of the child had never . . .

GILBERTSON, H. L. G. n k a H. L. B. v. A. BOGGS,, 743 So. 2d 123 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Boggs and her husband filed a Motion to Dismiss and to Seal Record alleging that pursuant to section 742.011 . . . The trial court granted the motion pursuant to section 742.011. . . . By making such an equitable argument, Gilbertson attempts to circumvent section 742.011 which limits . . . Section 742.011 provides that “[a]ny woman who is pregnant or has a child, any man who has reason to . . . Courts have interpreted the language of section 742.011 to mean that a putative father has no cause of . . .

D. F. v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE L. F. D. F. v. L. F., 736 So. 2d 782 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . See § 742.011, Fla. . . .

LEFLER, v. LEFLER, 722 So. 2d 941 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Under section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1997), appellant does not have standing to initiate a paternity . . .

I. A. v. H. H., 710 So. 2d 162 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . We begin this analysis by noting, as did the Fifth District, that section 742.011 provides that a circuit . . . See § 742.011, Fla. Stat. (1995); G.F.C., 686 So.2d at 1385. . . .

G. F. C. v. S. G. D. G., 686 So. 2d 1382 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . G.F.C. contends that pursuant to section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1995), he has the right to challenge . . . See also § 742.011, Fla.Stat. (1983). . . . See § 742.011, Fla.Stat. (Supp.1986). . . . In this regard, section 742.011 narrowly defines those who can sue to establish paternity, stating “any . . . Furthermore, as noted above, section 742.011 provides that a paternity action may be brought so long . . .

STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, D. J. N. a v. REDDING,, 685 So. 2d 1000 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . In Ricks the Second District held that section 742.011, Florida Statutes, allows a paternity action to . . .

In ESTATE OF W. SMITH, S. WILSON, v. I. SCRUGGS,, 685 So. 2d 1206 (Fla. 1996)

. . . Chapter 742, Florida Statutes (1991), entitled "Determination Of Paternity,” states in section 742.011 . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR, v. K. INGLIS,, 660 So. 2d 697 (Fla. 1995)

. . . A cursory examination of Section 742.011, Florida Statutes, as amended in 1991, would have revealed that . . .

WOMACK, v. COOK,, 634 So. 2d 322 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . Section 742.011, Florida Statutes provides: Determination of paternity proceedings; jurisdiction: Any . . . 742.10, Florida Statutes was not intended by the legislature to amend the requirement set out in section 742.011 . . . The child, pursuant to section 742.011, through a next friend, could have sought the initial determination . . .

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, a v. GRIFFIN,, 620 So. 2d 241 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . of Donald Griffin, a minor, in May 1992, HRS filed a complaint against appellee, pursuant to section 742.011 . . . We do not read Ricks as establishing that a child may not bring an action pursuant to section 742.011 . . .

B. J. Y. v. M. A., 617 So. 2d 1061 (Fla. 1993)

. . . . § 742.011, Fla.Stat. (Supp.1986). . . .

BROWN, v. DYKES, II,, 601 So. 2d 568 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . Prior to 1986 the Florida paternity statute, section 742.011, allowed only mothers to invoke its provisions . . .

ROGERS, v. TRUITT, 596 So. 2d 1081 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . . § 742.011, Fla.Stat. (1989). . § 742.021, Fla.Stat. (1989). . § 742.031, Fla.Stat. (1989). . § 768.17 . . .

ELLER, v. THOMAS,, 586 So. 2d 480 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . However, according to Section 742.011, the only people who have standing to bring Chapter 742 paternity . . .

DENNIS, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES,, 566 So. 2d 1374 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . Section 742.011, Florida Statutes. . . . .

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, RICKS v. RICKS,, 530 So. 2d 370 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . In addition, appellant contends that this court misinterpreted the language of section 742.011, Florida . . . We find that the plain language of section 742.011 provides for an action by the child or other party . . .

STEPP, v. STEPP,, 520 So. 2d 314 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Since the paternity statute does not address the issue of custody (§ 742.011, et seq.), we reach that . . .

BLACK v. NESMITH,, 475 So. 2d 963 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . Section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1969), (emphasis supplied). . . . However, he neglects to recognize that the 1983 amendment of Section 742.011 was merely the legislative . . . Section 742.011 is intended solely to protect the rights of illegitimate children and to insure that . . .

HORNSBY, v. NEWMAN,, 444 So. 2d 90 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . We conclude that the cause of action is within the ambit of sections 742.011-.031, Florida Statutes ( . . . The fact that paternity is uncontested, however, does not remove the suit from the ambit of sections 742.011 . . .

HOLLIMAN v. GREEN, Jr., 439 So. 2d 955 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . in which the court held that a married woman has standing under Florida’s paternity statute, Section 742.011 . . .

HODGE, v. MAITH,, 435 So. 2d 387 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . .” § 742.011, Fla.Stat. (1981). . . . .

In GUARDIANSHIP OF D. A. McW. a, 429 So. 2d 699 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Fla.1980), that although an unwed father was precluded from bringing a paternity action under section 742.011 . . .

GUERRERO, v. STAGLISH,, 400 So. 2d 190 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . Section 742.011 Florida Statutes (1979) prohibits a putative father from bringing a paternity action . . . Section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1979) is unconstitutional in that it is in violation of equal protectior . . . In the absence of Section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1979) the common law applies. . . . The constitutionality of Section 742.011 as well as the other issues on appeal were considered by the . . . Kendrick also sought declaratory relief under Chapter 86, Florida Statutes to have Section 742.011, Florida . . .

KENDRICK, v. EVERHEART a k a, 390 So. 2d 53 (Fla. 1980)

. . . I feel compelled, however, to express the dissenting view that section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1977 . . . Because the trial court ruled on the constitutionality of section 742.011, Florida Statutes, we have . . . Since appellant challenged the constitutionality of section 742.011, Florida Statutes, the state, acting . . . The trial court held that Kendrick did not state a legal cause of action under section 742.011, reasoning . . . Section 742.011 of Florida’s paternity act, chapter 742, provides that: Any unmarried woman who shall . . . Therefore, he argues that the classification in section 742.011 is irrational because it denies to a . . .

In A. RIVERA s, 5 B.R. 313 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1980)

. . . judicial determination under the appropriate statutory proceeding of this State, Florida Statutes, § 742.011 . . .

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, GILLESPIE, v. WEST,, 378 So. 2d 1220 (Fla. 1979)

. . . to be legally unmarried at the time of the child’s conception in order to bring a suit under section 742.011 . . .

D. PURVIS, v. STATE W. FRENCH v. STATE, 377 So. 2d 674 (Fla. 1979)

. . . . §§ 742.011 — 10, Fla.Stat. (1977). . . .

In In CHILDREN,, 376 So. 2d 61 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . The trial court dismissed the petition, finding that Section 742.011, Florida Statutes (1977), only gives . . . We interpret Section 742.011, and the cases decided thereunder, as only applying to actions to determine . . .

KNAUER, Jr. v. BARNETT R., 360 So. 2d 399 (Fla. 1978)

. . . Section 731.29(1), Florida Statutes (1973), the Florida Probate Law, in pari materia with Sections 742.011 . . . To be contrasted are proceedings for determination of paternity pursuant to Sections 742.011, 742.021 . . . See Sections 742.011, 742.021, and 742.031, Florida Statutes (1973); Bishop v. State ex rel. . . .

HINSON, a v. HINSON, Co., 356 So. 2d 372 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . Cobb, 335 So.2d 261 (Fla.1976), held Florida Statute § 742.011, bastardy statute unconstitutional because . . .

WILLIAMS v. ESTATE J. D. LONG,, 338 So. 2d 563 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . While that case dealt with a bastardy statute, § 742.011, Florida Statutes (1973), and a married woman . . .

GAMMON, v. COBB,, 335 So. 2d 261 (Fla. 1976)

. . . Davis, 221 So.2d 415 (Fla.1969), which held Section 742.011, Florida Statutes, does not unconstitutionally . . . This statute was passed as part of a reformed Probate Code while Section 742.011, Florida Statutes, was . . . The pertinent sections of the statute under attack are § 742.011, Florida Statutes, providing: “Any unmarried . . . Section 742.011, Florida Statutes. . . . appellant’s assertion that this Court migh't properly construe out the word “unmarried” in Section 742.011 . . . This further serves to point up the discrimination inherent in § 742.011, Florida Statutes. . . . In view of the foregoing conclusions, we hold that portion of § 742.011, Florida Statutes, which limits . . .

BROWN, v. A. BRAY,, 300 So. 2d 668 (Fla. 1974)

. . . consideration as to father and mother in determining custody in dissolution proceedings, but that Section 742.011 . . .

V. S. v. B. M., 281 So. 2d 587 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)

. . . . § 742.011, F.S.A., which provides: “Any unmarried woman who shall be pregnant or delivered of a bastard . . .

TAYLOR, v. TAYLOR,, 279 So. 2d 364 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)

. . . herself and the child the right to initiate a bastardy action against the natural father under Section 742.011 . . .

CARPENTER, v. M. SYLVESTER,, 267 So. 2d 370 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)

. . . Section 742.011 Fla.Stat., F.S.A., provides that an unmarried woman who shall be pregnant or delivered . . .

SACKS, v. SACKS,, 267 So. 2d 73 (Fla. 1972)

. . . . § 742.011, F.S.A., wherein a woman gave birth to a child conceived in, but born outside of, wedlock . . . On these facts, we stated: “The study of the cases and the statute leads us to conclude that Section 742.011 . . .

SACKS, v. SACKS,, 254 So. 2d 572 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971)

. . . has stated unequivocally: “The study of the cases and the statute leads us to conclude that Section 742.011 . . .

G. S. SMITH, v. WISE,, 234 So. 2d 145 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970)

. . . Proceeding under § 742.011 Fla.Stat., F.S.A., the appellee filed a complaint in the circuit court of . . . In order to maintain the action under § 742.011 Fla.Stat., F.S.A., it was incumbent on the appellee to . . . Supreme Court of Florida said: “The study of the eases and the statute lends us to conclude that Section 742.011 . . . should not be construed to hold or imply an action could not in any instance he maintained under § 742.011 . . .

KENNELLY, v. E. DAVIS,, 221 So. 2d 415 (Fla. 1969)

. . . opinion of the District Court are: “Phyllis Kennelly in a circuit court action filed pursuant to § 742.011 . . . The study of the cases and the statute leads us to conclude that Section 742.011, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., . . .

KENNELLY, v. E. DAVIS,, 216 So. 2d 795 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968)

. . . Phyllis Kennelly in a circuit court action filed pursuant to § 742.011, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., sought to . . . that the trial judge erred in entering the summary judgment because he misinterpreted the meaning of § 742.011 . . . child is illegitimate, since, in effect, the summary judgment is a ruling that a woman may not use § 742.011 . . .

YARMARK, v. STRICKLAND,, 193 So. 2d 212 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)

. . . prior bastardy statute, Comp.Gen.Laws 1927, § 6876, as in equity cases under the present statute (§ 742.011 . . .

LORENZ, v. JIMINEZ,, 163 So. 2d 500 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1964)

. . . The act provides in part as follows: “742.011 Bastardy proceedings; circuit court jurisdiction. . . . Under § 742.011 it is required that the plaintiff be an unmarried woman and that the child involved be . . .

MOYA, v. PENA,, 148 So. 2d 735 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963)

. . . Section 742.011, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., reads as follows: “Any unmarried woman who shall be pregnant or delivered . . .

In CREPALDI, a J. v. WAGNER,, 128 So. 2d 759 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1961)

. . . Sec. 742.011, MS.A. . Rule 4.2, subd. a, MA.R., 31 E.S.A. . Rule 4.2. subd. b, MA.R. . Borras v. . . .

BALLO v. MATHIAS, 17 Fla. Supp. 132 (Duval Cty. Cir. Ct. 1961)

. . . Section 742.011 provides that — “any unmarried woman, who shall be pregnant or delivered of a bastard . . .

SANDERS, v. YANCEY,, 122 So. 2d 202 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960)

. . . The appellant instituted this action in the lower court by filing a complaint under sec. 742.011, Florida . . . See §§ 742.011, 742.031 and 742.10, Fla.Stat., F.S.A.; Ex parte Hayes, 25 Fla. 279, 6 So. 64; Gossett . . .

ARMSTRONG v. M. SNOWDEN,, 107 So. 2d 619 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1958)

. . . See §§ 742.011, 742.031 and 742.10, Fla.Stat., F.S.A.; Ex parte Hayes, 25 Fla. 279, 6 So. 64; Gossett . . .

KIESER, v. E. LOVE,, 98 So. 2d 381 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1957)

. . . The action was brought under § 742.011, Florida Statutes 1955, F.S.A., solely for periodic payments for . . .

R. JONES, v. Jo STOUTENBURGH,, 91 So. 2d 299 (Fla. 1956)

. . . appellee in a statutory proceeding brought pursuant to Chapter 26949, Laws of Florida 1951, Section 742.011 . . .

WALL, v. JOHNSON,, 78 So. 2d 371 (Fla. 1955)

. . . appellee, a resident of New York, filed suit against the appellant, a Florida resident, under Section 742.011 . . . period of retroactivity of the 1951 Bastardy Act, Chapter 26949, Laws of 1951, now appearing as Section 742.011 . . .