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BREWER v. SIMMONS

No. 3569.

205 A.2d 60 (1964)

Donald D. BREWER, Director, Department of Public Welfare, District of Columbia, Appellant, v. Marie SIMMONS and Henry Simmons, Jr., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 2, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Hess, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

Marie S. Klooz, Washington, D. C., for appellee Marie Simmons.

Winfred R. Mundle, Washington, D. C., for appellee Henry Simmons, Jr.

David Carliner and William Beasley Harris, Washington, D. C., with leave of court filed a brief for the National Capital Area Civil Liberties Union as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

MYERS, Associate Judge:

This appeal followed issuance of an order in the Domestic Relations Branch permanently enjoining the Department of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia, and all subordinates and agents acting for said Department, from discontinuing welfare payments to a wife and minor children.

Without waiving other bases of error, the fundamental contention of the Department of Public Welfare, through its Director, is that the Domestic Relations...

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