Holmes v. Syx

When the Florida Department of Revenue notified Mr. Holmes that he was delinquent in payment of his child support obligations as ordered in the judgment of dissolution, Holmes filed (and served on the Department) a document which, at least arguably, was intended as his petition to contest the existence of the delinquency. The former wife sought and obtained an order dismissing the petition for failure to state a cause of action. We affirm.

Holmes contends that the trial court, in dismissing the petition, denied him the opportunity to present the defense of laches to the claimed arrearage in…