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L.T. v. N.J. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

134 N.J. 304 (1993)

633 A.2d 964

L.T., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. L.W., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. L.M., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. J.W., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. M.M., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cary L. Winslow, practicing pursuant to Rule 1:21-3(c), argued the cause for appellants (John D. Atlas, Executive Director, Passaic County Legal Aid Society, attorney; Mr. Winslow, Madeline L. Houston, Robert M. Pallitto, and Donald V. Romaniello, on the brief).

Dennis J. Conklin, Senior Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Fred DeVesa, Acting Attorney General, attorney).

Melville D. Miller, Jr., President, argued the cause for amicus curiae Legal Services of New Jersey (Mr. Miller, attorney; Mr. Miller, David G. Sciarra, Senior Attorney, and Leighton Holness, Senior Attorney, on the brief).

Susan R. Oxford, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, argued the cause for amicus curiae Public Advocate of New Jersey (Zulima V. Farber, Public Advocate, attorney).

John M. Payne submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

This appeal concerns the rights of persons facing eviction and homelessness to receive extensions of temporary rental assistance (TRA) under the State's General Public Assistance Law, N.J.S.A. 44:8-107 to -157 (GA Law). "The [GA] [L]aw exists `to the end that * * * person[s] may not suffer unnecessarily, from cold, hunger, sickness or be deprived of shelter * * *.'" Pascucci v. Vagott,

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