Terry Alonzo Smith v. State of Florida Department of Revenue, Child Support Program

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: March 19, 2025
• Docket: 3D2024-1566
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed March 19, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-1566 Lower Tribunal Nos. 2001907739 & 51240002694DR ________________

Terry Alonzo Smith, Jr., Appellant,

vs.

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

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

Terry Alonzo Smith, Jr., in proper person.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Toni C. Bernstein, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Tallahassee), for appellee State of Florida Department of Revenue.

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

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 409.2563(7)(b), Fla. Stat.; Angilot v. State, Dep’t of

Revenue, Child Support Program, 394 So. 3d 711, 711-712 (Fla. 3d DCA

2024) (“Because Appellant failed to participate in the administrative

proceedings by returning the forms for financial information supplied him by

the Department and failed to request an administrative hearing after notice

of his right to do so and the consequences for failing to do so, Appellant has

not preserved any issue for this Court’s appellate review. By waiving his right

to a hearing, Appellant waived his ability to challenge the sufficiency of the

evidence to support the Department’s determination of his child support

obligations.” (quoting Standard v. State, Dep’t of Revenue, Child Support

Enf’t Program, 249 So. 3d 798, 798-99 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018)).