STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. v. ROSCOE

No. 93-1274.

629 So.2d 1111 (1994)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AND Penny Roscoe, Appellants, v. Murray D. ROSCOE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Boyd, William H. Branch and Sue-Ellen Kenny of Boyd & Branch and Chriss Walker of Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Samuel T. Adams, Panama City, for appellee.


ALLEN, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) and Penny Roscoe challenge an order dismissing their child support petition filed under the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA). We conclude that the court should not have dismissed the petition merely upon the absence of a request for collection in accordance with section 652(b), 42 United States Code.

Section 88.031(10), Florida Statutes, authorizes HRS to...

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