Case Name: James WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-08-10
Citations: 529 So. 2d 356
Docket Number: No. 88-0365
Parties: James WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ANSTEAD, LETTS and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 529
Pages: 356–356

Head Matter:
James WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-0365.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 10, 1988.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Susan D. Cline, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse to the extent that we direct the trial court to omit as a condition of probation the provision that appellant submit to testing and other procedures concerning the appellant's alleged paternity of a child. The appellant's alleged paternity is completely unrelated to the offense for which he was convicted, and we do not believe the paternity proceedings can be ordered as an incident of the statutory directive that appellant be directed to support his legal dependents. Cf. Wiggins v. State, 386 So.2d 46 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980).
ANSTEAD, LETTS and WALDEN, JJ., concur.