HOWARD v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE

No. 93-342.

655 A.2d 1102 (1994)

Elaine HOWARD, Clara Parker and Carolyn Clark v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE, Cornelius Hogan, Secretary.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

December 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. May, South Royalton Legal Clinic, and Ian C. Ridlon, Robert C. Brannan, Cynthia E. Frantz, Ronald G. McMullen and Jacob B. Perkinson, Legal Interns, South Royalton, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., Montpelier, Christina M. Byrom, Asst. Atty. Gen., and George Collias, Legal Intern, Waterbury, for defendant-appellee.

Steven S. Zaleznick, Patricia A. DeMichele and Bruce Vignery, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae American Ass'n of Retired Persons.

Marilyn Mahusky-Anderson, Rutland, and Judith F. Dickson, Burlington, Developmental Disabilities Law Project, for amicus curiae Vt. Protection and Advocacy, Inc.

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


GIBSON, Justice.

Plaintiffs Elaine Howard, Clara Parker and Carolyn Clark appeal from a decision of the Secretary of the Agency of Human Services (Secretary), reversing a decision of the Human Services Board (Board) and terminating plaintiffs' Aid to Needy Families with Children (ANFC) benefits when their children reached age eighteen because the children were not expected to graduate from high school by age nineteen. Plaintiffs...

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