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MELTON v. NEW MEXICO DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. 5204.

637 P.2d 52 (1981)

Mara MELTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

November 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Aguilar, Northern New Mexico Legal Services, Inc., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Richard Shapiro, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, seventeen years old at the time, applied for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits for herself and her unborn child. The New Mexico Department of Human Services (HSD) refused to include her in the "budget group" for the first three months (until she reached her eighteenth birthday), but granted benefits promptly for the expected child. Plaintiff appeals....

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