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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed February 19, 2020. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D19-2036 Lower Tribunal Nos. 13-1130, CSE 2000252741 ________________ Devon A. Brown, Appellant, vs. Kali Brown, et al., Appellees. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Gerald D. Hubbart, Senior Judge. Devon A. Brown, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Toni C. Bernstein (Tallahassee), Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Department of Revenue. Before LINDSEY, MILLER and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Wilcox v. Dep’t of Revenue, 272 So. 3d 479, 480 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (affirming order ratifying child support hearing officer’s recommendation where appellant failed to provide transcript of proceedings below and order was not facially deficient); Davis v. Dep’t of Revenue ex rel. Bartell, 221 So. 3d 790, 791 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017) (affirming where appellant did not preserve issue on appeal by failing to raise argument before trial court and “ignoring the process offered below”) (quoting Duggan v. Dep’t of Revenue ex rel. Huff, 197 So. 3d 631, 632 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016)); see also Holloway v. State, 342 So. 2d 966, 968 (Fla. 1977) (observing that challenge to authority of merely de facto officer must be timely); Starks v. Starks, 423 So. 2d 452, 453 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982) (affirming order refusing to honor prior, foreign child custody award where statement of facts, submitted pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.200(b)(3), was inadequate substitute for transcript as it recited very little of parties’ argument of facts presented to lower court and did not include any rulings, determinations, or any explanations for rulings made by court). 2