Saul Augusto Ojeda Egui v. Department of Revenue, Child Support Program

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: November 20, 2024
• Docket: 3D2024-0183
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed November 20, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-183 Lower Tribunal Nos. 2001864218, 13230002145FC ________________

Saul Augusto Ojeda Egui, Appellant,

vs.

Department of Revenue, Child Support Program, et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the State of Florida Department of Revenue, Child Support Program.

Saul Augusto Ojeda Egui, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General and Toni C. Bernstein, Sr. Assistant Attorney General (Tallahassee), for appellee Florida Department of Revenue.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and MILLER and LOBREE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Chavez v. Dep’t of Revenue, Child Support Program, 49 Fla. L. Weekly D1756, D1756 (Fla. 3d DCA Aug. 21, 2024) (“Although the

Father provided his financial information to the Department, he did not

request an administrative hearing and therefore failed to fully participate in

the proceedings below. By waiving his right to a hearing, the Father waived

his ability to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the

Department's determination of his child support obligations.”); see also §

742.10(4), Fla. Stat. (2024) (“[A] signed voluntary acknowledgment of

paternity shall constitute an establishment of paternity and may be

challenged in court only on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of

fact, with the burden of proof upon the challenger . . . .”); § 742.18(1), Fla.

Stat. (2024) (“[E]stablish[ing] circumstances under which a male may

disestablish paternity or terminate a child support obligation when the male

is not the biological father of the child.”).