The Issue The issue in the case is whether, under the provisions of Section 409.25656, Florida Statutes, the Department of Revenue may apply bank account funds identified as belonging to Kim Sheldon towards an unpaid child support obligation.
Findings Of Fact By Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage dated August 9, 1995 (Case No. 95-742-CA-01, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Hernando County, Florida), Kim C. Meccariello was divorced from Dale W. Meccariello. Kim C. Meccariello subsequently remarried and is known as Kim C. Sheldon. As part of the settlement agreement in the 1995 divorce, Kim C. Sheldon (Petitioner) became obligated to pay monthly child support in the amount of $472.82. On November 1, 1999, the Department of Revenue (Department) became involved in this matter when the Petitioner's former husband apparently filed a "Request for Participation in Central Depository Program Pursuant to Florida Statute 61.13" seeking to have the Department collect unpaid child support on his behalf. By form letter dated December 1, 1999, the Department notified the supervisor of the Support Division, Hernando County that payments in the case should be redirected to the Department. The Petitioner asserts that she did not get a copy of this notice. The certificate of service indicates a copy was mailed to her. The Petitioner asserts that because she did not get the notice, the child support debt accounting fails to include payments made directly to her former husband, but has no documentation of the form or amount of such payments. There is no documentation that any direct payments were made. The evidence fails to establish that such direct payments occurred. Although the exact amount of unpaid child support owed by the Petitioner is disputed, the evidence clearly establishes that her unpaid child support debt clearly exceeds the amount of funds at issue in this proceeding. By Notice of Freeze dated July 7, 2000, the Department directed the MacDill Federal Credit Union to freeze the Petitioner's funds in the institution based on an unpaid child support obligation in the amount of $6,619.48. The Department subsequently received a letter on MacDill Federal Credit Union letterhead, dated July 11, 2000, and indicating that the Petitioner had two accounts at the institution: a savings account (#126552-01) containing $495.65; and a checking account (#126552-15) containing $1,123.42. By Notice of Intent to Levy dated July 14, 2000, the Department notified the Petitioner that the funds had been frozen and advised her of her right to challenge the action. The Petitioner requested a formal hearing. A letter from Strategic Outsourcing, Inc., dated July 18, 2000, states that the Petitioner's husband is an employee of Nicon, Inc., and that his wages are direct deposited into MacDill Federal Credit Union account #126522 on a weekly basis. Strategic Outsourcing, Inc., apparently handles payroll processing for Nicon, Inc. By Notice of Special Account release dated July 26, 2000, the Department notified the MacDill Federal Credit Union that all but $550.00 in the checking account (#126552-15) was released. The $495.65 in the savings account remained frozen. The total amount of currently frozen funds is $1,045.65. By Notice of Extension of Freeze dated July 27, 2000, the Department notified the MacDill Federal Credit Union that the Petitioner was challenging the Department's freeze and that the funds should remain frozen until the matter is resolved. The Petitioner and her current spouse are joint holders of the accounts at the MacDill Federal Credit Union. Because her husband did not have time to open the accounts, the Petitioner opened the accounts by herself, and her husband was added about a week later. The Department's decision to release the checking account funds (except for $550.00) was apparently based on conversations with the couple and upon receipt of the letter from Strategic Outsourcing, Inc. The funds were released based on the Department's determination that, other than $550.00, the checking account funds were directly attributable to the Petitioner's husband's income. The Department asserts that the currently frozen funds should be used to satisfy, in part, the Petitioner's unpaid child support obligation. The Petitioner asserts that since February 2000, she has been unemployed, that none of the funds in the accounts are attributable to her earnings, and that the funds should not be used to satisfy her unpaid child support obligation. According to the bank statement for the period March 1, 2000, to March 31, 2000, the balance in the checking account on March 1, 2000, was $862.10. There is no evidence that the March 1 balance did not include funds earned by and attributable to the Petitioner. According to account statements, a total of $2,170.97 in unidentified deposits were made to the account between March 1, 2000, and July 15, 2000, including a $958.97 cash deposit on April 24, 2000, a $162.00 cash deposit on May 8, 2000, a $500.00 check deposit on June 8, 2000, and a $550 deposit of unidentified type on July 3, 2000. At the hearing, the Petitioner and her husband testified that deposits into the checking account not directly attributable to his income were made by grown children residing at home and contributing towards household expenses which were allegedly paid from the husband's income. Other deposits were claimed to be small loans or gifts from family members. There was no documentation offered at the hearing to support the testimony. None of the children or relatives testified at the hearing. The evidence fails to establish that the deposits in the joint account came from adult children or other relatives. According to the bank statement for the period April 1, 2000, to April 30, 2000, a deposit on April 21, 2000, of $627.00 described as "US TREASURY 220" was a tax refund. The Petitioner's husband asserted that based on income, the refund was "90 percent" attributable to him. There was no documentation offered at the hearing to support the testimony. The evidence fails to establish that the tax refund deposited into the joint account is not attributable to the Petitioner.
Recommendation Based on the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, it is recommended that the Department of Revenue issue a FINAL ORDER directing that $1,045.65 currently held at the MacDill Federal Credit Union be applied towards meeting the Petitioner's unpaid child support obligation. DONE AND ENTERED this 20th day of April, 2001, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. WILLIAM F. QUATTLEBAUM Administrative Law Judge Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060 (850) 488-9675 SUNCOM 278-9675 Fax Filing (850) 921-6847 www.doah.state.fl.us Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 20th day of April, 2001. COPIES FURNISHED: Manuel V. Fajardo, Esquire 610 West Azeele Street Tampa, Florida 33606 Albert Thorburn, Esquire Florida Department of Revenue Post Office Box 8030 4070 Esplanade Way Tallahassee, Florida 32314-8030 Linda Lettera, General Counsel Department of Revenue 204 Carlton Building Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0100 James Zingale, Executive Director Department of Revenue 104 Carlton Building Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0100
The Issue Whether the Department of Revenue is entitled to retain and apply Petitioner's $1,000.00 lottery prize and apply it so as to reduce an outstanding arrearage for child support.
Findings Of Fact A Final Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage was entered on December 8, 1997. It required Petitioner, as the non-custodial parent, to pay child support in the amount of $250.00 per month. That Order specified that the first child support payment would be retroactive to October 2, 1997. Petitioner did not make each bi-weekly child support payment as they became due, beginning October 2, 1997. There were extenuating circumstances, but the circuit court's child support requirement was not modified, and as a result of Petitioner's failure to make the court-ordered bi- weekly child support payments, DOR initiated an enforcement action against Petitioner. DOR's first enforcement action against Petitioner resulted in the entry of a November 5, 1999, "Order Enforcing Child Support-Order Discharging Writ of Attachment-Report of the Child Support Hearing Officer." The enforcement order was based upon Domestic Relations Depository Records as of November 3, 1999. The enforcement order established an arrearage in the amount of $5,227.66 owed by Petitioner. It specified that Petitioner must pay this amount at the rate of $115.00 in current child support bi-weekly payments, plus $5.00 per week towards the arrearage. Petitioner established that she has, in fact, paid varying amounts towards her arrearage; however, all but one of the amounts she demonstrated she had paid were paid prior to the November 5, 1999, Order that established her arrearage at $5,227.66. The sole exception is that Petitioner submitted Exhibit P-10, a pay stub for the period ending May 24, 2003, showing her earnings and deductions, and that pay stub indicates that she paid child support, apparently via garnishment, in the amount of $240.00. Unfortunately, for Petitioner, there is no way to determine from this exhibit how the $240.00 related to current or past due child support as of that date. So, at most, it would have reduced her $5,227.66 debt by only $240.00. On September 16, 2003, a Child Support Hearing Officer again reviewed Petitioner's payment history and determined that her arrearage had grown to $6,575.09, through the payment due date of September 16, 2003. An Order was entered which allowed Petitioner's current support obligation to remain at $115.00 bi- weekly, but which increased from $5.00 to $10.00 bi-weekly the amount she will now be required to pay towards reducing the $6,575.09 arrearage. In an Order dated September 19, 2003, the circuit court established the arrearage owed by Petitioner to be $6,575.09, set Petitioner's payback requirements as had the Hearing Officer, and directed the Domestic Relations Depository to amend its records accordingly. Petitioner did not produce a Motion to Vacate either of the September 2003, Orders establishing her arrearages. Petitioner also did not produce any Notice of Appeal. Therefore, the presumption is that the Order entered by the circuit court judge on September 19, 2003, is now binding on all parties.
Recommendation Based on the foregoing Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law, it is RECOMMENDED that the Department of Revenue enter a Final Order wherein it retains Petitioner's $1,000.00 lottery prize and applies it to reduce the accrued arrearage of $6,575.09 established in the September 19, 2003 Circuit Court Order. DONE AND ENTERED this 1st day of December, 2003, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. S ELLA JANE P. DAVIS Administrative Law Judge Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060 (850) 488-9675 SUNCOM 278-9675 Fax Filing (850) 921-6847 www.doah.state.fl.us Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 1st day of December 2003. COPIES FURNISHED: Lisa J. Hinson, f/k/a Lisa J. Sylvester 2216 Northwest 11th Street Jacksonville, Florida 32209 Chriss Walker, Esquire Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement Post Office Box 8030 Tallahassee, Florida 32314-8030 Louisa Warren, Esquire Department of the Lottery 250 Marriott Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32301 James Zingale, Executive Director Department of Revenue 104 Carlton Building Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0100 Bruce Hoffmann, General Counsel Department of Revenue 204 Carlton Building Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0100
The Issue The issue in this proceeding is whether part of Petitioner's lottery prize should be withheld and used to pay an allegedly outstanding debt for child support.
Findings Of Fact On April 15, 1990, Petitioner submitted a claim to the Department of the Lottery (Lottery) on a ticket he held for the Lotto drawing of April 14, 1990. The ticket reflected that Petitioner had correctly selected five of the six numbers drawn on April 14 and rendered him eligible for a prize of $4,334.50. On May 4, 1990, the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (DHRS) certified to the Lottery that Petitioner owed $3,625.00 in Title IV-D child support arrearage. By letter dated May 9, 1990, the Lottery notified Petitioner that DHRS had advised it of the outstanding debt and that, pursuant to Section 24.115(4), Florida Statutes, it had transmitted the prize amount to the Department of Banking and Finance (DBF). Petitioner was further advised that DBF would notify him shortly regarding the distribution of the funds. By letter dated May 15, 1990, DBF notified Petitioner that it was in receipt of his prize from the Lottery and that it intended to apply $3,625.00 of the award toward the unpaid claim for child support. Enclosed with that letter was State of Florida warrant number 2537015 in the amount of $709.50 payable to Petitioner. This warrant was a partial payment of the lottery prize and represented the difference between the amount of the prize and the amount of chld support that HRS had certified as being due. In a letter received by DBF on May 30, 1990, Petitioner disputed that any obligation was outstanding and requested a formal hearing. On July 18, 1990, DHRS notified DBF that Petitioner's child support arrearage had been reduced by $2,154.82 as a result of an IRS tax refund interception. That letter indicated that, as a result of the interception, DHRS had calculated the amount of the Petitioner's outstanding child support obligation to be $1,470.18. In the letter, DHRS specifically relinquished its claim to the additional $2,154.82 it had originally certified. By letter dated July 30, 1990, DBF transmitted to Petitioner State of Florida warrant number 0129960 in the amount of $2,154.82. This warrant was a partial payment of the lottery prize and reduced the amount of the prize being held by DBF to $1,470.18. On July 18, 1991, General Master Helen T. Erstling entered a Recommended Order On Determination Of Arrears which concluded that as of July 11, 1991, Petitioner owed $1,568.68 in child support arrearage. That Recommended Order provided that DBF was authorized to release to DHRS up to $1,568.68 of Petitioner's lottery proceeds. On August 13, 1991, Circuit Court Judge George E. Orr of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida, entered an Order Upon Recommended Order On Disputed Arrears which ratified and adopted the Recommended Order of the General Master. The arrearage calculated by the General Master and adopted by the court was calculated as of June 11, 1991, and established that, as of that date, Petitioner owed $1,568.68 in Title IV-D child support arrearage. Petitioner, the party responsible to make such payments, offered no proof at the hearing in this case to establish that such sum has been paid and/or is no longer owing. This arrearage exceeds the remaining amount of the lottery prize being held by DBF.
Recommendation Based on the foregoing findings of fact and conclusions of law, it is recommended that the Department of Banking and Finance enter a final order dismissing the Petitioner's request for formal hearing, and that it pay to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services the $1,470.18 remainder of Petitioner's lottery prize in partial satisfaction of Petitioner's debt for child support. RECOMMENDED in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, this 16th day of October 1991. J. STEPHEN MENTON Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 (904) 488-9675 Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 16th day of October 1991. COPIES FURNISHED: Mr. Lawrence Fowler Apt. 202 9481 Evergreen Place Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33324 Bridget L. Ryan Assistant General Counsel Office of the Comptroller Suite 1302, The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0350 Chriss Walker, Esquire Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services 1317 Winewood Boulevard Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700 Louisa Warren Department of the Lottery 250 Marriott Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32399 The Honorable Gerald Lewis Comptroller, State of Florida The Capitol, Plaza Level Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0350 William G. Reeves General Counsel Department of Banking and Finance The Capitol, Room 1302 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0350
The Issue The ultimate issue is whether, the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services may intercept Daniels' income tax refund. However, this turns on the issue of whether Daniels has been delinquent in excess of 3 months. Factually, Daniels owed money for aid provided his child. The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services has obtained a judgement in the amount of $6,673 upon which Daniels is to make payments of $25/month. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services argues that Daniels owes and has been delinquent on the $6,673 since the order was entered. Daniels argues that he is not over three months in arrears on his payments of $25/month. The evidence introduced by Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services shows Daniels is in arrears only $27.91 on his payments on the judgement. The issue is whether Section 45 CFR Section 303.72 requires a delinquency in payments required to be made on the amount of money established in a court order.
Findings Of Fact On October 10, 1981, Carol Renee Neal assigned to the State of Florida her rights to child support for Latoya v. Daniels, acknowledged child of Ira Clayton Daniels. An Order was entered on January 14, 1985, which established that Ira Clayton Daniels owed the State of Florida $6,673 for a public assistance child support obligation and provided that Ira Clayton Daniels would pay $25/month until the $6,673 was repaid. The records of the Department, Daniels' Exhibit 1, reflect Daniels has made regular payments on the debt, and at the time of the hearing owed $27.91 arrearage on the debt. Daniels was less than three months in arrears on his payments established by the Order referenced above.
Recommendation Based upon the foregoing, the claim against Ira Clayton Daniels should be dismissed. DONE AND ORDERED 16th day of September 1986 in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. STEPHEN F. DEAN Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings The Oakland Building 2009 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 (904) 488-9675 FILED with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 16th day of September 1986. COPIES FURNISHED: Warren J. Schulman, Esquire Assistant General Counsel Child Support Enforcement Program 105 East Monroe, Suite 101 Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Frederick J. Simpson, Esquire HRS District IV Legal Counsel Post Office Box 2417 Jacksonville, Florida 32231-0083 Ira C. Daniels 8904 Greenleaf Road Jacksonville, Florida 32208
The Issue Whether the five thousand dollars of prize money claimed by the Petitioner should be paid to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services due to the Petitioner's outstanding debt for child support collected through a court.
Findings Of Fact The Petitioner is the individual whose name appeared on the lottery ticket and claim form for a five thousand dollar prize. The claim form and winning ticket were submitted by the Petitioner to the Tallahassee Office of the Department of the Lottery for validation and payment in accordance with that Department's procedures. The Department of the Lottery, as required by law, provided the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services with a list of five thousand dollar winners. The list contained the name of the Petitioner. The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services compared the list with its records and determined that there was an arrearage in child support of eight thousand one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents owed by the Petitioner in Lee County, Florida. On July 12, 1988, the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services certified the child support arrearage to the Department of the Lottery in accordance with Section 24.115(4), Florida Statutes. The Department of the Lottery fowarded the five thousand dollar prize money to the Office of the Comptroller. On July 19, 1988, the Petitioner was notified by certified mail by the Office of the Comptroller of its intention to apply the entire five thousand dollars towards the Petitioner's unpaid court ordered child support. The Petitioner requested a hearing on the nature of the debt and the amount owed. The amount of unpaid court ordered child support due on the date of the hearing was eight thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars and fifty-three cents.
Findings Of Fact The following are the facts to which the parties have stipulated: On September 27, 1977, the Circuit Court for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida entered an order dissolving the marriage of Petitioner and Debra LaRhea Reynolds and incorporated into that order a stipulation whereby Petitioner agreed to pay child support in the amount of $20.00 per week. On April 13, 1977, Debra LaRhea Reynolds assigned her rights to child support to the Respondent, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. On June 25, 1982, the Circuit Court for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida entered an order holding Petitioner in contempt for failure to pay accrued arrearages of child support in the amount of $4,280.00, to which Respondent was entitled by virtue of the assignment of rights referred to in paragraph 2. On June 8, 1982, the aforementioned court authorized a payroll deduction of $62.00 by weekly against Petitioner's paycheck. Under the terms of the contempt order, $40.00 of this amount was credited to the arrearage. As of June 23, 1987, the arrearage had been reduced to $1,960.00. On July 10, 1986, Respondent caused to be intercepted Petitioner's Federal Income Tax Refund of $1,080.03.
Recommendation Having considered the foregoing stipulated Findings of Fact, and Conclusions of Law, it is, therefore, RECOMMENDED that Respondent, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services enter a Final Order providing for the Petitioner's income tax refund in the amount of $1,080.03 to be intercepted and applied against his debt to the State of Florida for past due child support. Respectfully submitted and entered this 8th day of September, 1987, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. WILLIAM R. CAVE Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings The Oakland Building 2009 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 (904) 488-9675 Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 8th day of September, 1987. COPIES FURNISHED: Marian Alves, Esquire Legal Services of North Florida, Inc. 400 North Madison St. Quincy, Florida 32351 John R. Perry, Esquire Dept. of HRS, District 2, 2639 N. Monroe St. Tallahassee, Florida 32303 Gregory L. Coler, Secretary Dept. of HRS 1323 Winewood Blvd. Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700 Sam Power, Clerk Dept. of HRS 1323 Winewood Boulevard Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700
The Issue Whether Petitioner owes child support and, if so, the amount of the indebtedness and whether Respondent should report that indebtedness to credit reporting agencies.
Findings Of Fact In 1983, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (DHRS) filed a paternity action against Petitioner in the Circuit Court for Broward County, Florida. This matter was assigned Case Number 83-1335 CH. The proceeding was filed to determine whether Petitioner was the father of a child born to Debra Bethea on November 17, 1979. This matter was voluntarily dismissed by the DHRS on December 29, 1983. Petitioner made a court appearance prior to the dismissal, and he received a copy of the notice of dismissal. In 1992, DHRS and Ms. Bethea filed a Complaint to Determine Paternity and Child Support in Broward Circuit Court, where it was assigned Case Number 92-4134(23). Like the 1983 proceeding, this pertained to the child born to Debra Bethea on November 17, 1979. In 1992, the Broward County Sheriff's Office used a Return of Service form which contained the following to reflect that a complaint had been served on a defendant by substitute service: At the defendant's usual place of abode on "any person residing therein" the age of fifteen years or older, to wit: in accordance with the provisions of F.S. 48.031(1), Florida Statutes. The Return of Service filed in Case 92-4134(23) reflected that a copy of the complaint had been served on Petitioner on February 28, 1992, by substitute service. The person with whom the complaint was left at Petitioner's "usual place of abode" was a Mr. Turner who was identified as being a "friend." The second paternity complaint was heard by a hearing officer who made findings and recommendations to the presiding judge. The "Report of the Hearing Officer on Paternity and Support" dated June 22, 1992, filed in Case 92-4134(23) (the Report) reflects that a clerical default was entered against Petitioner on April 14, 1992. The hearing officer recommended that the Court enter an order adjudicating Petitioner to be the father of the child and ordering that he pay child support in the amount of $221.00 per month until the child reached 18 years of age. 1/ These payments were to be made through the Court's Support Payment Unit. Petitioner did not appear at the proceeding before the hearing officer. The recommendation as to the child's paternity was based on the testimony of Ms. Bethea. On June 29, 1992, the presiding judge entered an order that ratified the Report, adopted its findings, and ordered the parties to comply with all items contained in the Report. This is a facially valid order from a court of competent jurisdiction. The sums of $28.36, $56.72, and $23.75 were paid in the years 1992, 1993, and 1994, respectively. No other payments or credits were made. As of September 30, 1999, Petitioner owed the sum of $28,604.17 in back child support. Petitioner had made no child support payments between that date and the date of the final hearing in this proceeding. Petitioner testified that he was homeless in February 1992 and that he did not know Mr. Turner. He also testified that he knew nothing of the second paternity proceeding, that he was not the father of the child, and that reporting this debt to credit reporting agencies will destroy his credit.
Recommendation Based on the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, it is RECOMMENDED that Respondent enter a final order finding that Petitioner owes back child support in the amount of $28,604.17. It is further recommended that Respondent report that arrearage to appropriate credit reporting agencies pursuant to Section 61.1354(2), Florida Statutes. DONE AND ENTERED this 14th day of April, 2000, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. CLAUDE B. ARRINGTON Administrative Law Judge Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060 (850) 488-9675 SUNCOM 278-9675 Fax Filing (850) 921-6847 www.doah.state.fl.us Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 14th day of April, 2000.
The Issue Whether Petitioner's Federal Income Tax refund should be intercepted by Respondent?
Findings Of Fact Case No. 88-1323 On November 10, 1986, the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, in and for Duval County, Florida, entered an order finding Petitioner to be in arrears in child support payments in the amount of $3,099.30. As of July 21, 1988, Petitioner's arrearage for his child support payments was $2,430.71, Case No. 88-1324 On November 26, 1986, the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, in and for Duval County, Florida, entered an order finding Petitioner to be in arrears in child support payments in the amount of $665.00. Also, the court determined that Petitioner owed the State of Florida $3,082.00 as a public assistance obligation which had been previously established by the court. As of July 21, 1988, Petitioner was in arrears in the amount of $3,432.01 in his child support payments and in the public assistance obligation. Petitioner's Case Mr. Brown is currently making all the payments he is required to make under both court orders. He admits he owes the amount at issue in this case, although he believes there may be minor discrepancies in the records and he plans to pursue this with the agency responsible for record keeping.
Recommendation Therefore, based upon the foregoing, it is RECOMMENDED that Respondent issue a final order affirming the determination that Petitioner owes past-due support. DONE and ORDERED this 24th day of August, 1988, in Tallahassee, Florida. JOSE A. DIEZ-ARGUELLES Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings The Oakland Building 2009 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 (904) 488-9675 Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 24th day of August, 1988. COPIES FURNISHED: Billy Lee Brown 3490 Lannie Road Jacksonville, Florida 32201 Warren J. Schulman, Esquire 331 East Union Street, Suite 1 Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Sam Power, Clerk Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services 1323 Winewood Boulevard Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700 Gregory L. Coler, Secretary Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services 1323 Winewood Boulevard Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700