Case Name: In re the Marriage of M.P.S.H., Petitioner, v. D.H., Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-12-30
Citations: 516 So. 2d 1151
Docket Number: No. 87-2936
Parties: In re the Marriage of M.P.S.H., Petitioner, v. D.H., Respondent.
Judges: HERSEY, C.J., and DOWNEY and GLICKSTEIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 516
Pages: 1151–1151

Head Matter:
In re the Marriage of M.P.S.H., Petitioner, v. D.H., Respondent.
No. 87-2936.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 30, 1987.
Paul J. Culp, Boynton Beach, for petitioner.
Erskine C. Rogers, III, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Petitioner wife seeks review of an order granting the husband's motion to compel the parties and their newborn child to submit to HLA blood testing. The order was entered at an interlocutory stage of a dissolution of marriage proceeding in which provision has been made for temporary relief regarding custody, shared parental responsibility, and child support payments. Each of the parties has expressed doubt or outright denial that the husband is the father of the child. Thus, the respondent husband sought court required HLA blood testing. Petitioner contends here that respondent is estopped to deny he is the father, based upon res judicata, collateral and equitable estoppel.
Without passing on the validity of those contentions, since they have not been addressed by the trial court, we grant the petition for writ of certiorari, quash the order compelling HLA blood testing, and remand the cause to the trial court to consider the respective contentions of the parties prior to making its redetermination that such blood testing is appropriate in this case. See T.D.D., Husband, Petitioner v. M.J.D.D., Wife, Respondent, 453 So. 2d 856 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).
HERSEY, C.J., and DOWNEY and GLICKSTEIN, JJ., concur.