Legal Opinion
State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, Office of Child Support Enforcement ex rel. Cook v. Carr
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 30, 1986No. 86-495PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.
This appeal involves the propriety of an order awarding attorney’s fees under section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1985).
Under the program of Aid to Dependent Children, Rhonda Cook had been receiving public assistance payments for her minor child. On May 7, 1985, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) filed suit on behalf of Cook to establish paternity on the part of Dennis J. Carr and to require him to support the child and to reimburse HRS for previous assistance. An affidavit of Cook attached to the complaint stated that the child had…
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