Hoover v. Florida Department of Revenue ex rel. Mitchell

Matthew Hoover appeals a Final Administrative Support Modification Order obligating him to pay $190 per month in child support to Ashley Mitchell. As discussed below, because the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hearing the petition failed to comply with statutory requirements, we reverse and remand for the order to be corrected.

The parties separated when their daughter was less than three months old, and the father, Appellant, has since remarried. His wife, a member of the armed forces, is required to relocate frequently, and the father’s employment thus changes frequently. After the father’s…