State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Harris

BARFIELD, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) and the former wife, Edna Newsome, appeal the trial court’s ruling that HRS has no standing to represent Newsome in an action to modify the final judgment of dissolution to “set an amount of child support for the benefit of the minor child” and require the former husband, Zackie Harris, to furnish the child with health insurance. The trial court based its ruling on its finding that “the Plaintiff is not receiving welfare benefits from the State of Florida and the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services is only…