Case Name: Jere SEILER, Appellant, v. Pamela STRINGHAM and the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-10-17
Citations: 567 So. 2d 1078
Docket Number: No. 89-1635
Parties: Jere SEILER, Appellant, v. Pamela STRINGHAM and the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Appellees.
Judges: WALDEN, WARNER and GARRETT, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 567
Pages: 1078–1078

Head Matter:
Jere SEILER, Appellant, v. Pamela STRINGHAM and the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Appellees.
No. 89-1635.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 17, 1990.
Michael David McDonough of Sullivan & Nicoletti, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
No response filed by appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse this order establishing paternity on the authority of Ferguson v. Williams, 566 So.2d 9 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990) and Dutilly v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, 450 So.2d 1195 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984), both of which hold that although HLA test results are admissible under section 742.12, Florida Statutes (1989), they must be properly authenticated and a proper predicate laid first. The trial court admitted such tests in this case over the objection of appellant to their authenticity.
We thus reverse the order and remand for a new hearing.
WALDEN, WARNER and GARRETT, JJ., concur.