Legal Opinion

Treneka Simmonds v. Connor Perkins

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 28, 2018No. SC17-1963PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLawson, J.

Treneka Simmonds seeks review of the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Perkins v. Simmonds , 227 So.3d 646 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of this Court and decisions of other district courts on a question of law. We agree with Simmonds that Perkins expressly and directly conflicts with Slowinski v. Sweeney , 64 So.3d 128 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011), and Tijerino v. Estrella , 843 So.2d 984 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003), on the question of whether a biological father is entitled to rebut the common law presumption that the mother's…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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