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ANDREWS v. WALTON

No. 80-2188.

400 So.2d 790 (1981)

Albert ANDREWS, Jr., Appellant, v. Ada Mae WALTON and the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart E. Soff and Dwight Wells of Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc., Winter Haven, for appellant.

Charles L. Carlton of Carlton & Carlton, P.A., Lakeland, for appellees.

RYDER, Judge.

Albert Andrews appeals the order finding him in contempt of court for failure to pay child support alleging that the contempt power may not be used to coerce payments assigned to the State under section 409.2561(3), Florida Statutes (1979). We affirm.

The court entered a final judgment of paternity against appellant in 1978 directing him to pay child support of $18.00 weekly. The State later petitioned...

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