Hector Izquierdo v. Marine Iglesias

Summary

The Third District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed most aspects of a final judgment of paternity establishing a parenting plan, timesharing schedule, and child support. The court reversed and remanded for correction of the judgment's failure to describe parent-child communication methods and for recalculation of child support based on the guidelines worksheet and timesharing allocation.

Holdings

1. The final judgment impermissibly failed to describe the methods and technologies the parents would use to communicate with the child, as required by section 61.13(2)(b)(4), Florida Statutes (2024).
2. The child-support award could not stand because it contravened the monthly net income reflected on the child-support guidelines worksheet attached to the judgment and was inconsistent with the percentage of timesharing awarded to the parties.
3. The remaining issues did not warrant reversal, and the judgment was summarily affirmed in all other respects.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the final judgment of paternity complied with the statutory requirement to describe the methods and technologies the parents would use to communicate with the child.
2. Whether the child-support award was reversible because it conflicted with the monthly net income reflected on the attached child-support guidelines worksheet and the parties' awarded timesharing percentages.
3. Whether the remaining issues raised by the father warranted reversal.

Disposition

reversed_and_remanded