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SCHMIDT v. STATE

No. S-97-302.

586 N.W.2d 148 (1998)

255 Neb. 551

Jean SCHMIDT, as guardian and next best friend of Patricia Schmidt, a minor child, Appellant, v. STATE of Nebraska, Department of Social Services, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

November 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Otte and Joseph E. Dation, of Morrow, Poppe, Otte, Watermeier & Phillips, P.C., Lincoln, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, and Royce N. Harper, Lincoln, for appellee.

WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, and McCORMACK, JJ.

CONNOLLY, Justice.

The appellant, Jean Schmidt, and her husband, Richard Schmidt, adopted a child, Patricia Schmidt, without applying for government adoption assistance. Seven years after the adoption was finalized, the appellant, on behalf of the child, requested appellee, the then Nebraska Department of Social Services (DSS), to find the child eligible for federal adoption assistance, due to her medical conditions. The DSS acting director, Gerry Oligmueller (the...

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