GALSTER v. WOODS

Docket Nos. A021109, A020975.

173 Cal.App.3d 529 (1985)

219 Cal. Rptr. 500

MIREYA DULCE GALSTER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MARION J. WOODS, as Director, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents. MIREYA DULCE GALSTER et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Respondent; MARION J. WOODS, as Director, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

September 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stephen R. Nielson, Jacob J. Smith, Sheryl Studley, Eleanor Eisenberg and John M. Maraldo for Plaintiffs and Appellants and Petitioners.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Richard D. Martland, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Thomas E. Warriner, Assistant Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland, John J. Klee, Jr., and Winifred Y. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents and Real Parties in Interest.

No appearance for Respondent Court.


OPINION

SMITH, J.

The question posed on this appeal and petition for writ of mandate is whether state officials charged with implementing and administering the aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) program may, consistently with federal and state law, deem a property interest held by an applicant or recipient to be "available" for support and maintenance, and hence countable in computing dollar-amount "resource" limits governing...

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