According to Florida case law, a child cannot have two legally recognized fathers. In order for a second individual to be legally recognized as the father, any existing paternity judgment would need to be vacated first.
See: Achumba v. Neustein, 793 So.2d 1013, 1015 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001) and Glover v. Miller – 947 So.2d 1254
Because any determination of paternity will involve many other parties and have effects more far-reaching than a mere adjudication of the biological connection between Jerrod and Glover, we are not convinced that such a determination can and should be made as part of the probate proceedings, where the only issue to be determined is intestate succession. We agree with the trial court that in order for Glover to assert a right as an heir, the existing judgment of paternity would have to be vacated. A child cannot have two legally recognized fathers.
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