STATE, DEPT. OF REVENUE v. STRICKLER

No. 97-1549.

702 So.2d 277 (1997)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE by and on Behalf of Valerie STRICKLER, Appellant, v. Henry STRICKLER, III, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Boyd and William H. Branch of Boyd, Lindsey, Williams & Branch, P.A.; Chriss Walker, Department of Revenue, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

No appearance, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal arises out of an order finding the father in contempt for failure to pay child support, but reducing his support arrearage. The mother, through the Department of Revenue, contends the trial court erroneously reduced the arrearage. She also contests the amount of the reduction. We reverse.

Unpaid child support payments constitute a vested right which inures to the benefit of the children, and they cannot be cancelled or reduced retrospectively...

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