BARBARA JEAN GRAHAM, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Wallace v. Dep't OF Revenue, 774 So. 2d 804 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)
  …imultaneously with their receipt, notwithstanding the lack of a petition for modification.3 See State, Dep’t of Revenue v. Sprague, 733 So. 2d 585 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999); Kirwan v. Kirwan, 606 So. 2d 771, 772 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992); Francisco v. Francisco, 505 So. 2d 1102 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). Mr. Wallace asserts that he should receive credit for the full amount of all benefits paid to the children. This would not only erase the arrearage that accrued between 1993 and 1997 when the children received benefits, but also…
• Waldman v. Waldman, 612 So. 2d 703 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993)
  …ainst support obligations only in those limited circumstances where that party can show “compelling equitable criteria and considerations” justifying such set off. Chappell v. Chappell, 253 So. 2d 281, 287 (Fla. 4th DCA1971); Francisco v. Francisco, 505 So. 2d 1102 (Fla. 2d DCA1987); Glaeser v. Glaeser, 449 So. 2d 428, 430 (Fla. 2d DCA1984). As stated in Chappell, “child support ... is not an ‘ordi [*705] nary debt’ but rather a court-imposed obligation to provide for one’s child.” 253 So. 2d at 287 (quoting W…
• State v. Watt, 681 So. 2d 800 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996)
  …ption from the general rule that modifications should be sought in advance of the time payments are due. See Puglia v. Puglia, 600 So. 2d 484 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992). See also Waldman v. Waldman, 612 So. 2d 703 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993); Francisco v. Francisco, 505 So. 2d 1102 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987); Morin v. Morin, 466 So. 2d 1255 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985). If called upon to do so, however, we would find that such circumstances existed. See Waldman. We, accordingly, also approve of that credit. We agree, however, with the wife’s c…