Faulk v. State, Department of Revenue

This is an appeal of a circuit court order which ratified a hearing officer’s recommendation that there was not jurisdiction in the circuit court to provide La’Chaun S. Faulk, appellant, the relief requested. Because we find that the circuit court did have subject matter jurisdiction to consider appellant’s request — poorly drafted though the request may have been — to the extent that it sought prospective modification of child support, we reverse in part.

On August 31, 2011, the Department of Revenue entered a Final Administrative Support Order pursuant to section 409.2563, Florida Statutes,…