BOURNE v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE

No. 89-113.

591 A.2d 79 (1991)

Betty BOURNE v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

March 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Clark, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Rutland, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General, Montpelier, and Donna Watts, Assistant Attorney General, and James Gratton, Law Clerk, on the brief, Waterbury, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., GIBSON, J., and PECK, J. (Ret.) and MARTIN, Superior Judge, Specially Assigned.


GIBSON, Justice.

The Department of Social Welfare appeals from a Human Services Board ruling in favor of petitioner Betty Bourne. We reverse.

In May of 1988, petitioner met a Department fraud investigator to discuss allegations that her failure to report some "household income" on her food stamps application constituted an intentional food stamp program violation. At the end of the meeting, petitioner executed a waiver of her right to a hearing on the merits...

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