Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-13 16:03:56.801717+00
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                         No. 1D2022-3195
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CHARLES L. SPANN, father,

    Appellant,

    v.

SHELLI D. PAYNE, Mother In RE:
A.J.S., a minor child,

    Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County.
Gary Lee Bergosh, Judge.

                        December 13, 2023

PER CURIAM.

     This is an appeal of a circuit court order dismissing Appellant
Charles Spann’s petition seeking, among other things, child
support. The trial court found that this issue was not properly
before the court.

    Section 61.13, Florida Statutes, governs the procedures for
establishing child support through the circuit court. The “court
may at any time order either or both parents who owe a duty of
support to a child to pay support to the other parent.” § 61.13(1)(a),
Fla. Stat. Trial courts are afforded broad discretion when
determining child support, and retroactive support can be imposed
“as equity requires.” See § 61.14(1)(a), Fla. Stat. Mr. Spann
therefore properly invoked the jurisdiction of the court in seeking
child support.

    We reverse the order of the circuit court to the extent the order
found that the claim of child support was improperly before the
court. We remand for further proceedings. As to all other issues,
we affirm the trial court’s order.

    REVERSED in part, AFFIRMED in part, and REMANDED.

ROBERTS, ROWE, and LONG, JJ., concur.

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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Charles L. Spann, pro se, Appellant.

Shelli D. Payne, pro se, Appellee.

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