Opinion
Case No. 96-1379
Opinion Filed February 14, 1997 Rehearing Denied March 21, 1997
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lake County, Don F. Briggs, Judge.
Edmund L. Warnken, Avon Park, pro se.
No appearance for Appellee.
Edmund L. Warnken appeals from an order modifying his obligation to pay child support. Much of his pro se brief refers to matters that occurred at the hearing although no record was made of that hearing. He relies on a "state of proceedings" attached to his brief for the facts and states that it was prepared pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.200(b)(4). Unfortunately, the appellant has ignored the last two sentences of that rule which requires the statement to be submitted and approved by the trial court. We find no evidence in the record that this latter requirement was fulfilled. Therefore, this court is unable to fully review the matters about which the appellant complains. Tanner v. Tanner, 577 So.2d 712 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991); Carter v. Carter, 504 So.2d 418 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987).
We do find merit in Warnken's complaint that child support of $200 per week shall resume immediately upon his release from prison. Warnken is entitled to a hearing after his release to determine his financial circumstances and the amount of child support to be paid at that time. Tanner. We vacate only that part of paragraph three of the order that reads "and the child support obligation of $200.00 per week shall resume at that time." Except for the vacated portion of the order, we affirm.
AFFIRMED IN PART; VACATED IN PART.
ANTOON, J., concurs.
GRIFFIN, J., concurs in part; dissents in part, with opinion.
I respectfully disagree that the lower court should be reversed for ordering that appellant's already adjudicated child support obligation should abate only while he is incarcerated, to resume upon release. His asserted inability to meet his child support obligation is due to his incarceration. Once his incarceration is over, the support should automatically resume unless he can come forward at that time with some other reason why his support obligation should further be modified. The burden should be on him to come forward if he needs further relief. In the Tanner case, child support had not been set. Here, it has.