STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVS. v. THOMPSON

No. 89-00542.

552 So.2d 318 (1989)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES and Marguita Thompson, Appellants, v. Richard THOMPSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheryl D. Snodgrass of Carlton & Carlton, P.A., Lakeland, for appellants.

Lawrence H. Liebling of Lawrence H. Liebling, P.A., and Arthur Liebling of Arthur Liebling, P.A., Clearwater, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order assessing attorney's fees against the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) pursuant to section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1987). We reverse.

Richard and Marguita Thompson were divorced in Pinellas County in 1984. In February 1988 Marguita began to receive public assistance payments for the parties' minor child. She then joined with HRS in a petition...

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