DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. BUNNELL

No. 1D10-1854.

51 So.3d 543 (2010)

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE on behalf of Casey Sanders POYNTER, Appellant, v. Shawn A. BUNNELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum , Attorney General, and William H. Branch , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Daniel H. Cox , Carrabelle, for Appellee.


KAHN, J.

On behalf of the mother, Casey Poynter, the Department of Revenue (DOR), challenges a final judgment of paternity directing the DOR to allocate a portion of Poynter's public assistance benefits to the father. We reverse, because the trial court lacked authority to make such a determination. Additionally, such finding as to the DOR contravenes due process of law, and is not allowed by the controlling statute.

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