DAVID G. BOGLE, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (22 total)

• Gibson v. Bennett, 561 So. 2d 565 (Fla. 1990)
  …enforce payment of a judgment for support arrearages, the remedy is unavailable once the child attains the age of majority. For this proposition Gibson relies on two cases, Smith v. Morgan, 379 So. 2d 1052 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), and Wilkes v. Revels, 245 So. 2d 896 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970). See also Schwarz v. Waddell, 422 So. 2d 61 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Gersten v. Gersten, 281 So. 2d 607 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973). In both first district cases, the court held that the trial court was without jurisdiction to enforce payment…
• Patterson v. Patterson, 348 So. 2d 592 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977)
  …is no obligation to pay, or if the obligation ceases, then the payments do not become due. In particular, contempt proceedings as a method of enforcing payment of ar-rearages has been distinguished from ordinary civil proceedings. Wilkes v. Revels, 245 So. 2d 896 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970), cert. den. 247 So. 2d 437 (Fla.1971). In the Wilkes case, the wife initiated contempt proceedings after the children had reached their majority, for arrearages which had accrued when the children were still minors. This Court he…
• Berger v. Jacquie R. Berger, 559 So. 2d 737 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990)
  …37 So. 2d 201 (Fla.1962). Further, contempt is unavailable as a means of enforcing an order adjudicating a support ar-rearage when the child has attained his or her majority. Roberts v. Roberts, 385 So. 2d 1032 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980); Wilkes v. Revels, 245 So. 2d 896 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970), [*739] cert. denied, 247 So. 2d 437 (Fla.1971). Because Samantha had attained her majority some ten months before the order, Jac-quie’s proper remedy is to obtain a judgment enforceable by civil proceedings, not contempt. Accord…