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1998 Florida Code
TITLE V JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 39 Proceedings Relating To Children  
PART IX TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS (ss. 39.801-39.817)
39.804   Penalties for false statements of paternity.

39.804  Penalties for false statements of paternity.--A person who knowingly and willfully makes a false statement claiming paternity of a child in conjunction with a petition to terminate parental rights under this chapter and causes such false statement of paternity to be filed with the court commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who makes a statement claiming paternity in good faith is immune from criminal liability under this section.

History.--s. 34, ch. 94-164; s. 86, ch. 98-403.

Note.--Former s. 39.4627.

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