· 8/17/2015
Carner, Jarroin Louis
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- recognizing that there is a \common law presumption that the mother's husband is the legal father of a child born to an intact marriage\
- holding that a biological father has standing to rebut the presumption if he has “manifested a substantial and continuing concern for the welfare of the child,” and that the presumption may be overcome in the best interests of the child (internal quotation marks omitted)
- petitioning biological father had a three-year relationship with the mother, they raised the child together, and the child was given his last name
- recognizing a biological father’s “right to bring an action to establish his parental rights as the father as long as he has ‘manifested a substantial and continuing concern for the welfare of the children’ ” (quoting Kendrick v. Everheart, 390 So. 2d - 26 - 53, 61 (Fla. 1980))
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