Opinion
No. 97-2049.
Opinion filed April 9, 1998.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Columbia County. Harlow H. Land, Acting Circuit Judge.
John Croxdale, pro se, appellant.
Joseph R. Boyd, Esquire, and William H. Branch, Esquire, of Boyd, Lindsey, Williams Branch, Tallahassee, on behalf of the State of California.
ON APPELLEE'S CONFESSION OF ERROR
John Croxdale, a state inmate, appeals a final paternity judgment in which the trial court established a continuing child support obligation. On appeal to this court, he does not dispute the paternity determination, but argues that the trial court erred in conducting a final hearing without securing his physical presence or participation by alternative means, and erred in entering an order directing him to pay child support in the absence of a finding of his present ability to pay. In lieu of an answer brief, appellee files an acknowledgment of error, conceding merit in appellant's position. In accordance with appellee's confession, we affirm the portion of the trial court's order adjudicating appellant to be the legal father of the minor child, but reverse the child support determinations and remand for a hearing on those issues.
AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part and REMANDED.
BARFIELD, C.J., ALLEN and LAWRENCE, JJ., concur.