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COX v. DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES

42294.

255 Ga. 6 (1985)

334 S.E.2d 683

COX v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Valpey-Toussignant, Mary R. Carden, Nancy Lindbloom, Phyllis J. Holmen, John L. Cromartie, Jr., for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Foil Russell, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

M. Kathryn Hoover, William C. Thompson, Richard K. Greenstein, David A. Webster, Mary Margaret Oliver, amici curiae.

GREGORY, Justice.

The Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) provided public assistance in the form of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), OCGA § 49-4-100 et seq., to petitioner Cox and to her illegitimate minor child. It is not disputed that petitioner is the custodial parent of the minor child, and that the child's father, who is absent from the home, does not provide child support. When petitioner received $7,500 as the named beneficiary of...

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