McCLURE v. HACKNEY

No. 11966.

491 S.W.2d 177 (1973)

Dollie M. McCLURE, as next friend of Joseph Eugene McClure, a minor, Appellant, v. Burton G. HACKNEY, Commissioner of the State Department of Public Welfare et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Cohen and Mabel Spellman Barber, Legal Aid Bureau, Dallas, for appellant.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., of Texas, Linda Neeley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellees.


SHANNON, Justice.

The issue in this appeal concerns the meaning of the term, "stepmother", as used in Vernon's Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. Art. 695c § 17(5), the legislation commonly called, "Aid to Families with Dependent Children".

Appellant, Dollie M. McClure, as next friend of Joseph Eugene McClure, a minor, filed a declaratory judgment suit in the district court of Travis County seeking a construction of Art. 695c, § 17(5) to the effect that Joseph...

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