Case Name: The STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Dean and Arlene CHRISTMAN, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-06-29
Citations: 647 So. 2d 184
Docket Number: No. 93-2095
Parties: The STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Dean and Arlene CHRISTMAN, Appellees.
Judges: BOOTH, LAWRENCE and DAVIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 647
Pages: 184–184

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Dean and Arlene CHRISTMAN, Appellees.
No. 93-2095.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 29, 1994.
Joseph R. Boyd and William H. Branch of Boyd & Branch, P.A., and Chriss Walker of Dept, of Health & Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, for appellant.
No appearance for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services appeals a final order modifying child support, claiming that the trial court erred in departing from the presumptive statutory guideline amounts for child support without making specific findings to justify the deviation. We reverse and remand with directions that the trial court award an amount within the statutory child support guidelines or explain on the record or in writing why the amount awarded is unjust or inappropriate. State, Dep't of Health & Rehab. Servs. v. Bush, 614 So.2d 32 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993).
It is so ordered.
BOOTH, LAWRENCE and DAVIS, JJ., concur.
. Section 61.30(1), Florida Statutes 1993, establishes a presumptive child support amount. The trial judge may deviate more than plus or minus five percent only by a specific finding explaining why the guideline amount would be unjust or inappropriate.