Opinion
Case No. 2D19-3968
01-20-2021
D.H., Appellant, v. J.H., Appellee.
D.H., pro se. J. Michael Shea of Saint Michaels' Legal Center for Women and Children, Inc., Ruskin, for Appellee.
D.H., pro se.
J. Michael Shea of Saint Michaels' Legal Center for Women and Children, Inc., Ruskin, for Appellee.
LUCAS, Judge. In this paternity dispute, D.H., the father, challenges the circuit court's determination of his child support obligation for his two minor children. The case was litigated over the course of two years and culminated in three days of trial in 2018. A little more than nine months later, on August 2, 2019, the circuit court entered the judgment now before us. On the record we have been provided, we do not believe the amount of time that elapsed between the conclusion of the trial and the entry of the judgment was so excessive as to warrant reversal of the judgment. However, we agree with D.H. that the judgment failed to include sufficient findings as to how the court reached the figure it utilized to calculate D.H.'s income. Moreover, the judgment was silent as to J.H., the mother's, income. We must, therefore, reverse the judgment and remand for the circuit court to make the requisite findings regarding the parties' respective incomes and, if necessary, to recalculate the child support award accordingly. See Carmack v. Carmack, 277 So. 3d 185, 186 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019) ; Whittingham v. Whittingham, 67 So. 3d 239, 239-40 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010) ; Wilcox v. Munoz, 35 So. 3d 136, 139 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).
Reversed and remanded with instructions.
NORTHCUTT and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.