Dade County v. Womack

Nov 20, 1973
No. 73-243
Reporters:
,
Before:
Barkdull
PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order requiring Dade County to pay the ‍​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍costs of publication, which are required under § 62.031 (6), Fla.Stat. F.S.A.

The appellant contends that the court was in error in ruling, as a matter of law, that ‍​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍§ 57.081, Fla.Stat. F.S.A. (1971) required the County to pay the cost of publication for indigent parents who wished to change the names of their minor children, when they ‍​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍could not obtain personal service of process upon the missing parent.

We reverse upon the authority of Grissom v. Dade County, Fla.App.1973, 279 So.2d 899, and authorities cited therein,1 and ‍​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍the matter is returned to the trial court for further proceedings not inconsistent herewith.

Reversed and remanded, with directions.

Notes

. It is noted that Grissom v. Dade. County, supra, ‍​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍was decided subsequent to the date of the order under review in this matter.