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BARNES v. COM'R OF DEPT. OF HUMAN SERV.

567 A.2d 1339 (1989)

Charles BARNES v. COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie Anne Miller (orally), Ferris, Dearborn & Willey, Brewer, for plaintiff.

Christopher C. Leighton, Deanne L. Staples (orally), Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Human Services, Bangor, for defendant.

Before ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.

COLLINS, Justice.

In 1988, Charles Barnes was in arrears on his child support payments when Barnes and his employer settled upon an amount that Barnes would recover on a workers' compensation claim. The Department of Human Services ("the Department") attached a portion of the $65,000 settlement. Subsequently, at a hearing before the Office of Administrative Hearings of the Department of Human Services, a hearing officer approved the Department's attachment under 39...

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