Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1995

Hunter v. Wotring

Hunter v. Wotring
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 13, 1995 · Dauksch, Sharp, Thompson
661 So. 2d 138; 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 10663; 1995 WL 601306 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Hunter v. Wotring

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

W. SHARP and THOMPSON, JJ., concur. DAUKSCH, J., concurs in part; dissents in part, with opinion.

Concurring in Part

DAUKSCH, Judge,

concurring in part; dissenting in part.

While I concur that the court had within its broad discretion the authority to increase the child support from $165 per month to $579 per month, I am of the opinion that discretion did not permit the denial of appellant’s request to allow him the IRS dependent deduction. It is obvious that the father’s economic support, through monthly support payments and the amount of time he has actual custody of his child, provides nearly all that support. He should be allowed to claim what is rightfully equitably his.

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