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STEFFES v. STATE, DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 51521.

309 N.W.2d 314 (1981)

Melody STEFFES, Respondent, v. STATE of Minnesota, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE and Stearns County Social Services, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Roger Van Heel, County Atty., St. Cloud, for appellants.

Louise A. Dobbe, St. Cloud Area Legal Services, St. Cloud, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.

AMDAHL, Justice.

Stearns County Social Services appeals from an order of the district court reversing a decision of the Commissioner of Public Welfare that termination of AFDC benefits was proper. The issue on appeal is whether a child is eligible to receive AFDC benefits when his natural father resides in the home but has been released from liability for the child by means of a court approved lumpsum settlement in a paternity proceeding. We conclude that the child...

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