STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERV. EX REL. COOK v. CARR

No. 86-495.

501 So.2d 30 (1986)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, ex rel. Rhonda Sue COOK, Appellant, v. Dennis J. CARR, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Harvey M. Alper of Massey, Alper & Walden, P.A., Altamonte Springs, for appellee.


GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal involves the propriety of an order awarding attorney's fees under section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1985).

Under the program of Aid to Dependent Children, Rhonda Cook had been receiving public assistance payments for her minor child. On May 7, 1985, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) filed suit on behalf of Cook to establish paternity on the part of Dennis J. Carr and to require him to...

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