Horn v. FLORIDA DEPT. OF REV. EX REL. ABEL

How courts have described this case

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• stating that, in paternity suits, the trial court should award retroactive child support to date of child's birth
• final judgment of paternity awarded child support retroactive to the date of the child's birth
• “Under common law, a child was entitled to support retroactive to the date of birth.”
• “Under common law, a child was entitled to support retroactive to the date of birth.”
• “ ‘This rule applies with particular force to those instances where retrospective operation of the law would impair or destroy existing rights.’” (quoting State v. Lavazzoli 434 So.2d 321, 323 (Fla.1983))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).