Department of Revenue ex rel. Haynes v. Allen

The Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) appeals a nonfinal order which inter alia required paternity blood testing and an order denying its motion to vacate that portion of the order which required the blood test. We treat the appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari, grant the petition, and quash the orders under review.

On September 21, 1994, DOR filed a complaint to determine paternity on behalf of Dorothy Haynes (Haynes) against Eddie Allen (Allen), seeking to determine whether Allen was the father of Haynes’ child, Tevin Aaron Haynes. On December 8, 1994, at Allen’s request, the trial…