BURRUS v. DEPT. OF HUMAN SER., DIV. OF PUB. WEL.


194 N.J. Super. 60 (1984)

476 A.2d 285

MARGARET BURRUS, APPELLANT, v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF PUBLIC WELFARE, RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rutgers Legal Aid Clinic, attorneys for appellant (John A. West and Natarlin R. Best, on the brief).

Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for respondent (James J. Ciancia, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Valerie L. Egar, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges FRITZ, FURMAN and DEIGHAN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by DEIGHAN, J.A.D.

Appellant, Margaret Burrus, a single parent, received assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) because her child was needy and deprived within the meaning of that program. She and her child resided with her mother who helped care for the infant while appellant attended school. Appellant had been receiving $273 per month from AFDC-C based on the absence of the father from the home...

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