Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2006

Geneus v. Department of Revenue

Geneus v. Department of Revenue
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 9, 2006 · Gross, Klein, Warner
935 So. 2d 609; 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 13233; 2006 WL 2265310 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Geneus v. Department of Revenue

Opinion of the Court

KLEIN, J.

This appeal involves a paternity action in which a judgment was entered against appellant based on a default. Appellant moved to vacate the judgment on the ground that service of process was insufficient because the paternity action named Ebel Shalom, but was served on appellant. Through his sworn motion to vacate the judgment, appellant asserted that he had never known the mother, had never been known as Ebel Shalom, and that he was not a party to this action. Although, after a series of unsuccessful attempts to serve Shalom, a return of service was filed stating that the “named person” had been served at an address where appellant resided, this service was insufficient to put appellant on notice that he was a defendant in this case. The paternity judgment is accordingly void for lack of personal jurisdiction and reversed.

WARNER and GROSS, JJ., concur.

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