Horta v. Department of Children & Families

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

The appellant was the recipient of erroneous overpayments of temporary cash assistance and food stamps from the Department of Children and Families. She now seeks review of the following decision of the Department of Children and Families, Office of Appeal Hearings, rejecting her claim that the state’s claims for reimbursement were barred as untimely:

[Petitioner argues that the benefit recovery claims are no longer a legally enforceable debt, as it’s time-barred by Florida’s Statute of Limitations. [She] cite[s] Florida Statutes § 95.11(3)(f) (2003) which limits an…