ROBBINS v. ROBBINS

Nos. 81-2063 to 81-2065, 81-2067, 81-2068, 2326, 81-2069 to 81-2071, 81-2072, 2325, 81-2073 to 81-2088, 81-2089, 2646, 81-2202 to 81-2204, 81-2222, 81-2223, 81-2229 to 81-2232 and 81-2254 to 81-2256.

429 So.2d 424 (1983)

Steven L. ROBBINS v. Nancy A. ROBBINS. Freddie J. Rowell v. Marjorie SMITH. Michael RICHARDSON v. Joyce TILLMAN. Dennis A. PERRYMANN v. Kelly JONES. Danny M. MOSS v. Joann REID. Robert MALONE v. Gail MALONE. Harvey Lee LITTLE v. Veronica EVERETT. Jimmie KITCHEN v. Esther Diann KITCHEN. Melvin C. KING v. Rosiland HEPBURN. Raul JAIMERENA v. Margarita CASTILLA. Reginald JACKSON v. Linda HICKS. Louis JACKSON, Jr. v. Shirley Ann JACKSON. Arthur HOLMES, Jr. v. Gloria HOLMES. Nathaniel HOLIFIELD v. Dorothea HOLIFIELD. Timothy GRAY v. Brenda GRAY. Pedro Juan DIAZ v. Adelina BURGOS. Steve CREWS, Jr. v. Daisy Crews BAIN. Robert HIXSON v. Mary Dean HELMS. Ernest BURKE v. Doris HARRIS. Earl COLSTON v. Carolyn J. COLSTON. Benjamin BUCHANAN v. Valerie JACKSON. Jimmy BARRON v. Harriette E. BATTS. Johnny B. WALKER v. Mary Bell WALKER. Mitchell WARE v. Dorothy WARE. Cleve CARTER, Jr. v. Izella PASCO. James H. YOUNGBLOOD v. Arsimmer YOUNGBLOOD. Bobby Lee GROSS v. Jean SHAW. Frederick GROGAN v. Elissa GROGAN. Raymond MADDOX v. Connie MADDOX. George R. COREY v. Sheryl RUSSELL. Armondo DELVALLE v. Maria MARTINEZ. Dennis RUSHION v. Jestine HENDRIETCH. Carl JACKSON v. Deborah A. WIGGINS. Guillermos RAMOS v. Marilyn RAMOS. Lory OWENS v. Margaret OWENS. Joseph A. GILBERT v. Deborah A. GILBERT. Wayne A. ZIDIK v. Sharon A. ZIDIK. Theodore KNIGHT v. Gloria D. KNIGHT.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carres, Gamble & Hamilton and Kathy Hamilton, Coral Gables, for appellant in No. 81-2075.

Fine, Jacobson, Block, Klein, Colan & Simon, Miami, for appellant in No. 81-2222.

Elizabeth S. Baker; Stephen T. Maher, Miami, for all other appellants.

Law Office of Melvin A. Rubin, Miami, for appellees.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Anthony C. Musto, Asst. Atty. Gen., as amicus curiae.

Before HENDRY, HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

Appellants are thirty-eight fathers who were held in contempt of court for failing to pay child support. They seek to overturn their convictions which resulted in jail sentences and adverse judgments for child support arrearages. They contend that the court's method of conducting the proceedings deprived them of due process of law. Citing the assembly-line system utilized by the court, the cursory hearings...

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