Bower v. Hansman

Trista Bower appeals from a final judgment of paternity. On appeal, she raises several issues, only one of which merits discussion. In determining Bower’s net income for the purpose of calculating child support, the trial court included as income child support Bower received on behalf of a child born from a prior relationship. This was error. See Sotoloff v. Sotoloff, 745 So.2d 959, 961-62 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) (child support payments mother received for her child from previous marriage could not be included in calculating child support obligation of father of child from subsequent marriage).

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