Case Name: DADE COUNTY, Florida, Appellant, v. Ethel M. WOMACK, on her own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and the State of Florida, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1973-11-20
Citations: 285 So. 2d 441
Docket Number: No. 73-243
Parties: DADE COUNTY, Florida, Appellant, v. Ethel M. WOMACK, on her own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and the State of Florida, Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, C. J., and HEN-DRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 285
Pages: 441–442

Head Matter:
DADE COUNTY, Florida, Appellant, v. Ethel M. WOMACK, on her own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and the State of Florida, Appellees.
No. 73-243.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 20, 1973.
Stuart Simon, County Atty., Jon I. Gordon, and Lisa Bennett, Asst. County Attys., don and Lisa Bennett, Asst. County Attys., Miami, for appellant.
Robert F. Williams, Steven Wisotsky, Miami, for appellant.
Before BARKDULL, C. J., and HEN-DRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ.

Opinion:
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, and the matter is returned to the trial court for further proceedings not inconsistent herewith.
Reversed and remanded, with directions.
. It is noted that Grissom v. Dade. County, supra, was decided subsequent to the date of the order under review in this matter.