Case Name: STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE by and on Behalf of Angela T. WEAVER, Appellant, v. Briggs ALLEN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-12-15
Citations: 772 So. 2d 633
Docket Number: No. 1D00-1100
Parties: STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE by and on Behalf of Angela T. WEAVER, Appellant, v. Briggs ALLEN, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, LAWRENCE and PADOVANO, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 772
Pages: 633–633

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE by and on Behalf of Angela T. WEAVER, Appellant, v. Briggs ALLEN, Appellee.
No. 1D00-1100.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 15, 2000.
Sharon C. Degnan and Diane H. Tutt of Diane H. Tutt, P.A., Plantation, for Appellant.
Michael Gates, Shalimar, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We conclude that the Department of Revenue filed the complaint in good faith in reliance on the paternity affidavit executed by the mother of the child. Accordingly, we must reverse the order awarding attorney's fees to the putative father under section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1997). See Department of Revenue v. Hannah, 745 So.2d 1055 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). We recognize that section 57.105 was revised in 1999 to allow an attorney's fee if a claim was known to be without support in fact or in law "at any time before trial," but this case is not governed by the revised version of the statute/
Reversed.
ERVIN, LAWRENCE and PADOVANO, JJ., CONCUR.