STATE, DEPT. OF REVENUE v. FEENEY

No. 95-03530.

689 So.2d 350 (1997)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, on Behalf of Jeannine POWELL, Appellant, v. Scott A. FEENEY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda Traweek and Charles L. Carlton of Carlton & Carlton, P.A., Lakeland; Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Barbara A. Ard, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

No appearance for Appellee.


QUINCE, Judge.

The Florida Department of Revenue (the department) and Jeannine Powell, the child's mother, challenge the trial court's determination in a paternity action of a child support amount that is a downward departure from the guidelines. We reverse because the trial court abused its discretion in setting a child support amount that is more than a 5% deviation from the guideline amount and because the trial court's reason for the deviation, support of a subsequent...

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