ANDERSON v. COM'R OF DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES


489 A.2d 1094 (1985)

Agnes ANDERSON v. COMMISSIONER OF the DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn Dondis (orally), Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Portland, for plaintiff.

Katherine Greason (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Human Services, Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


GLASSMAN, Justice.

Agnes Anderson, the plaintiff, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Kennebec County, affirming a fair hearing decision of the Department of Human Services (Department) upholding the agency's recoupment of an overpayment of benefits. We affirm.

When she and her former husband separated in 1979, the plaintiff began receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).2 According to the plaintiff,...

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