Sydney v. Pingree

ORDER

GONZALEZ, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE has come before the court upon cross motions for summary judgment.

The plaintiffs in this case, Chris Ledbet-ter, Dean Skylar, and their son Sydney, bring this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the First, Fifth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, to determine the constitutionality of Florida Statute § 382.16(5). Because the plaintiffs allege that Sydney was conceived and born in wedlock, this case presents only the question of the constitutionality of § 382.16(5)(a). This section provides that a child conceived and…