KUNTA KINTE HOLLEY v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

273 So. 3d 1192

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: June 14, 2019
• Docket: 17-2407
• Status: Published

Opinion

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT

KUNTA KINTE HOLLEY, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D17-2407 ) DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, ) CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ) PROGRAM, ) ) Appellee. ) )

Opinion filed June 14, 2019.

Appeal from the Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Program.

Debra J. Sutton of Sutton Law Firm, Bartow, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Toni C. Bernstein, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

CASE, Associate Senior Judge.

Kunta Kinte Holley appeals from a final administrative support order

entered by the Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Program. He

argues, and the Department concedes, that the Department erred in computing his retroactive child support obligation. See § 61.30(17), Fla. Stat. (2017) (limiting the time

period for recovery of retroactive child support to twenty-four months prior to filing the

petition). The Department also acknowledges that it incorrectly used evidence related to

Holley's current income to calculate his retroactive support obligation despite having

information regarding his monthly income during the retroactive time period. See Salters

v. Dep't of Revenue ex rel. Mobley, 32 So. 3d 777, 778-79 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010) (stating that

the Department must calculate the retroactive support due using income information in its

possession from the retroactive time period). Therefore, we affirm Holley's current support

obligation but reverse his retroactive support obligation and remand for recalculation. In all

other respects, we affirm.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.

SALARIO and ATKINSON, JJ., Concur.

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