GODDEN v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

Nos. 39620, 39628.

226 N.W.2d 627 (1975)

193 Neb. 269

Norma J. GODDEN, guardian and next friend and payee for Patricia A. Dorn, a minor, Appellant, Impleaded with Lawrence Ideus, guardian and next friend and payee for Pamela Sue Dorn, a minor, Appellee, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE of the State of Nebraska et al., Appellees. Lawrence IDEUS, guardian and next friend and payee for Pamela Sue Dorn, a minor, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE of the State of Nebraska et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vard R. Johnson, Terrence J. Ferguson, Omaha, for appellant Godden, in No. 39620.

Steven Swihart, Lincoln, for appellant Godden, Ideus, in No. 39628.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., E. D. Warnsholz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael J. Rumbaugh, Lincoln, for appellees.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, NEWTON, CLINTON and BRODKEY, JJ.


SPENCER, Justice.

Plaintiffs, as guardians and next friends, appeal the judgment of the District Court for Lancaster County affirming rulings of the Department of Public Welfare rejecting their applications for aid for dependent children (AFDC) for their minor wards. The wards are beneficiaries of a trust fund which if presently payable to them would make them ineligible for public assistance benefits. We reverse.

On July 30, 1965, the county court of Gage...

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