Case Name: Clarence DAVIS, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES et al., Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-11-26
Citations: 390 So. 2d 1194
Docket Number: No. 58849
Parties: Clarence DAVIS, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES et al., Appellee.
Judges: SUNDBERG, C. J., and ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON, ENGLAND, ALDERMAN and McDONALD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 390
Pages: 1194–1194

Head Matter:
Clarence DAVIS, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES et al., Appellee.
No. 58849.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Nov. 26, 1980.
Guy C. Hill, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
William M. Holland of Holland & Smith, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We do not have jurisdiction in this case. The trial court specifically refrained from passing on the constitutionality of § 742.041(2), Fla.Stat. (1977). It then ordered the father to pay support pursuant to § 742.041(1), Fla.Stat. (1977). The Fourth District Court of Appeal transferred this case upon appellant's motion which asserted that the trial court initially and directly passed upon the constitutionality of the statute. Even under the inherency doctrine, the constitutional challenge must have been to a controlling statute and the decision as to the statute's validity necessary to the determination of the case. Harrell's Candy Kitchen, Inc. v. Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, 111 So.2d 439 (Fla.1959). The cause is transferred to the district court of appeal.
It is so ordered.
SUNDBERG, C. J., and ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON, ENGLAND, ALDERMAN and McDONALD, JJ., concur.