Camps v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services ex rel. Jamerson

This case involves a cause of action to establish paternity and to determine the natural father’s future child support obligation as compared to a second, separate cause of action by a state agency against the natural father for restitution for an accumulation of public monies expended for necessities for the child before the father’s paternity was established.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services of the State of Florida (HRS) brought a paternity action on behalf of Carla Faye Jamerson, the mother of a dependent child and a recipient of public assistance monies, against the…