STATE, DHRS v. CARWELL

No. 87-2280.

524 So.2d 484 (1988)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Office of Child Support Enforcement, ex rel. Velina WORTHY, Appellants, v. Kelvin Lynn CARWELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold E. Barker of Carlton & Carlton, P.A., Lakeland, for appellants.

No appearance for appellee.


THREADGILL, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) appeals a final order modifying child support payments. HRS contends the lower court erred in giving credit for amounts paid by appellee under a prior order and by finding that HRS had a responsibility to petition for modification on behalf of appellee following the death of one of the children. We reverse.

In January 1986, appellee signed...

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