Gurell v. Starr

GRIFFIN, Judge.

Richard Gregory Gurell (“Gurell”) appeals a post-judgment order requiring him to pay “administrative costs” of $547.91 in a URE-SA proceeding. At issue in this case is whether HRS may promulgate regulations applicable to IV-D1 enforcement proceedings which require nonprevailing parties who have engaged counsel to represent them to pay “standard” administrative costs several times the costs assessed litigants appearing pro se.

Regulations enacted by the United States Department of Health and Human Services permit Florida to recover either “excess actual or standardized costs” in…