Biological Fathers and Standing-Putative biological father can establish standing to challenge paternity and assert paternal rights by demonstrating that he has shown a substantial and continuing concern for the welfare of the children

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M.L.H. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 2018 Fla. App. LEXIS 10935, 43 Fla. L. Weekly D 1782, 2018 WL 3672945 (Fla. 2d DCA Aug. 3, 2018). The trial court erred in holding that, as a matter of law, the biological father lacked standing to assert his paternal rights based on the presumption of legitimacy […]