Case Name: STATE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE on Behalf of Patricia R. PALMINTERI, Appellant, v. Wayne R. JOHNSON and Pasco County, Florida, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-31
Citations: 714 So. 2d 1175
Docket Number: No. 97-04636
Parties: STATE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE on Behalf of Patricia R. PALMINTERI, Appellant, v. Wayne R. JOHNSON and Pasco County, Florida, Appellees.
Judges: PARKER, C.J., and FULMER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 714
Pages: 1175–1175

Head Matter:
STATE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE on Behalf of Patricia R. PALMINTERI, Appellant, v. Wayne R. JOHNSON and Pasco County, Florida, Appellees.
No. 97-04636.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 31, 1998.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee and Barbara A. Ard, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Revenue.
Edward B. Cole, Assistant County Attorney, New Port Richey, for Appellee Pasco County.
Emeline C. Acton, County Attorney and Sidney W. Kilgore, Assistant County Attorney, Tampa, for Amicus Curiae Florida Association of Counties.

Opinion:
FRANK, Judge.
The Department of Revenue challenges an order requiring it to pay attorney's fees to David L. Schrader, whom the trial court appointed as an attorney/guardian ad litem. We affirm.
On September 21, 1995, the trial court entered an order granting Mr. Schrader's motion for discharge and compensation. The order awarded attorney's fees in the amount of $300.00 to be paid by the Department. On October 14, 1997, the trial court entered an order finding that the Department had neither appealed the September 21 order nor paid Mr. Schrader; and again ordered the Department to pay Mr. Schrader $300.00 for his services. The Department filed its notice of appeal on October 17,1997.
The Department is untimely in its attempt to challenge its liability for Mr. Schrader's attorney's fees by its appeal of the October 14, 1997 order. Because the Department does not challenge any other aspect of the October 14 order, we affirm.
PARKER, C.J., and FULMER, J., concur.