Florida Department of Revenue ex rel. Troutman v. Troutman

GREEN, Acting Chief Judge.

The Department of Revenue challenges the portion of the trial court’s final judgment of dissolution of marriage between Sonia L. Troutman and Craig K. Troutman which required each party to repay one-half of the amount of public assistance benefits the wife received on behalf of the couple’s minor child and attorney’s fees and court costs incurred by the department. We agree and reverse.

The department’s argument as to repayment of public assistance benefits is supported by statute and case law. Section 409.2561(1), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1998), provides that payment…