Case Name: Donald Melvin LYNN, Appellant, v. Ruth R. LYNN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1978-05-24
Citations: 358 So. 2d 908
Docket Number: No. II-46
Parties: Donald Melvin LYNN, Appellant, v. Ruth R. LYNN, Appellee.
Judges: MILLS, Acting C. J., and ERVIN and MELVIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 358
Pages: 908–909

Head Matter:
Donald Melvin LYNN, Appellant, v. Ruth R. LYNN, Appellee.
No. II-46.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 24, 1978.
Theodore J. Troxel, of Kinsey & Troxel, Pensacola, for appellant.
Nancy T. Gilliam, Pensacola, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court in a dissolution judgment ordered husband/appellant to pay child support to a child born during the marriage who both parties admitted was not biologically appellant's child. We reverse. There is no legal duty to provide support for a child who is not a party's natural or adopted child and for whose care the party has not contracted. Taylor v. Taylor, 279 So.2d 364 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973); Bostwick v. Bostwick, 346 So.2d 150 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977).
REVERSED.
MILLS, Acting C. J., and ERVIN and MELVIN, JJ., concur.