Attorney General of Florida ex rel. State v. D'Agosto

LETTS, Judge.

The lower court held section 61.14, Florida Statutes (1987), unconstitutional because it precluded a father, who allegedly was in arrears in child support payments, from having his day in court and denied him due process. We affirm.

The residential custody of the child was awarded to the mother at the time of final dissolution. However, in fact, and with the acquiescence of the mother, the child had lived with the father for some two years prior to the instant controversy. On August 14, 1987, the father received in the mail a copy of the “certified notice of delinquency” in child…