CAMPS v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERV.

No. 83-1572.

459 So.2d 1140 (1984)

Edward Leon CAMPS, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF Health and Rehabilitative Services On Behalf of Carla Faye Jamerson, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Lynch, Ocala, for appellant.

Geraldyne H. Carlton of Carlton & Carlton, P.A., Lakeland, for appellee.


SHARP, Judge.

Camps appeals from an order dated September 28, 1983, which required him to pay $1,184.00, representing past child support, to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS). He argues that this judgment is barred by the doctrines of merger or res judicata, because HRS obtained a prior judgment in the same proceeding against him, dated March 11, 1982, which failed to include past support. We agree and reverse.

HRS paid public assistance...

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