Plummer v. Copeland

THOMPSON, Judge.

This ease presents the issue of whether the contempt power may be used to enforce the payment of child support assigned to the state under Section 409.2561(3), Florida Statutes (1979). We conclude that the contempt power may be used to enforce this payment.

This same issue has been addressed, with differing results, by two other Florida District Courts of Appeal. In Andrews v. Walton, 400 So.2d 790 (Fla.2d DCA 1981), the court reasoned that the assignment of child support payments to the state under Section 409.2561(3), Florida Statutes (1979) does not change the nature of the…