Case Name: STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, by and on Behalf of Thomas V. BRAGG, Appellant, v. Gina M. BRAGG, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-02-07
Citations: 670 So. 2d 77
Docket Number: No. 95-1267
Parties: STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, by and on Behalf of Thomas V. BRAGG, Appellant, v. Gina M. BRAGG, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, MINER and MICKLE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 670
Pages: 77–77

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, by and on Behalf of Thomas V. BRAGG, Appellant, v. Gina M. BRAGG, Appellee.
No. 95-1267.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 7, 1996.
Rehearing Denied April 11, 1996.
Joseph R. Boyd and William H. Branch of Boyd & Branch, P.A., Tallahassee, and Chriss Walker, Esq., of the Department of Revenue, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
David W. Palmer, II, Tallahassee, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the trial court's order imposing a $3,100 fine for appellant's failure to timely pay $10.52 in accrued interest. AppeEant paid all other required sums, and the fine was not employed to compensate appeEee for losses she sustained or to coerce appeUant into compliance with a previously issued order. See Johnson v. Bednar, 573 So.2d 822, 824 (Fla.1991). The imposition of the fine in this case, therefore, constitutes an abuse of discretion.
REVERSED.
ERVIN, MINER and MICKLE, JJ., concur.