Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services ex rel. Newhall v. Smith

DIAMANTIS, Judge.

Appellant Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) appeals the trial court’s order which declines to enforce ap-pellee/father’s child support obligation, eliminates the father’s obligation to pay past due child support, and terminates the father’s obligation to pay future support. We reverse the trial court’s order and remand this matter for further proceedings.

In 1989 appellee was adjudicated to be the father of a dependent child and, pursuant to URESA, ordered to pay $108 per month in child support. See, generally, Chapter 88, Florida Statutes (1991). In 1991…