ST. AMOUR v. DEPT. OF SOCIAL WELFARE

Nos. 90-472, 90-475 and 91-533.

605 A.2d 1340 (1992)

Cynthia ST. AMOUR v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE. Olive BELANGER v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE. Cynthia WEED v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Dysart and Donna Sutton, Paralegal (on the brief), Vermont Legal Aid, Burlington, for plaintiffs-appellees St. Amour and Belanger.

William J. O'Neill, Vermont Legal Aid, St. Albans, for plaintiff-appellee Weed.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., Montpelier, and Christina Byrom, Asst. Atty. Gen., Waterbury, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., GIBSON and JOHNSON, JJ., and PECK, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


GIBSON, Justice.

The Department of Social Welfare appeals from a decision of the Human Services Board ordering the Department to consider depreciation costs in calculating the net income of self-employed food stamp recipients. We reverse.

I.

Petitioners appealed to the Board from the Department's termination or reduction of their food stamp benefits.1 They argued that by failing to consider depreciation as a cost of producing...

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