Case Name: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Cynthia PETERMAN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-07-29
Citations: 583 So. 2d 740
Docket Number: No. 90-2063
Parties: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Cynthia PETERMAN, Appellee.
Judges: JOANOS, C.J., and SMITH and MINER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 583
Pages: 740–740

Head Matter:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Cynthia PETERMAN, Appellee.
No. 90-2063.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 29, 1991.
Joseph R. Boyd and William H. Branch of Branch & Boyd, P.A., and Chriss Walker, HRS, Tallahassee, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) has appealed an order of the trial court finding that HRS had no standing to represent Richard Shafer in a petition for modification to establish the child support obligation of his former wife. The trial court dismissed the petition for failure to state a cause of action because Shafer did not receive state benefits. We reverse.
The trial court erred in finding that HRS had no standing, see HRS v. Harris, 575 So.2d 726 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), and in dismissing the petition based on that finding. The order appealed is therefore reversed, and the case remanded for further proceedings on the petition for modification.
JOANOS, C.J., and SMITH and MINER, JJ., concur.