State, Department of Revenue ex rel. Atherley v. Atherley

COPE, Judge.

The State of Florida, Department of Revenue, and Nilsa R. Averhoff appeal an award of administrative costs in a paternity proceeding.

In 1994 the state child support enforcement agency filed a paternity action on behalf of the mother, appellant Nilsa R. Averhoff.1 This was a Title IV-D case. See § 409.2557, Fla.Stat. (1993); Thaysen v. Thaysen, 583 So.2d 663, 665-66 (Fla.1991); 42 U.S.C. §§ 651-69; Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.491. Paternity was not disputed and a child support order was entered.

Because the appellant mother’s income was significantly greater than that of the appellee father,…