STANTON v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 1208 C.D. 1979.

53 Pa.Commw. 540 (1980)

Melaney Stanton, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. Randolph Bragg, with him Walter S. Frankowski, Jr., for petitioner.

Mary Frances Grabowski, Assistant Attorney General, with her Catherine Stewart, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Argued June 5, 1980, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., BLATT and WILLIAMS, JR., sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, August 22, 1980:

Melaney Stanton (petitioner) appeals here from an order of the Department of Public Welfare denying a requested increase in her cash grant under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC).

The petitioner, an unmarried 19-year-old female, has been receiving a cash grant as the specified relative for her minor child. When she applied for cash assistance for herself, however, the Wayne County Board of Assistance...

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