OKALE v. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

No. COA02-96.

570 S.E.2d 741 (2002)

Christine OKALE and Blaise Okale-Weeks by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Christine OKALE, Petitioners, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

East Central Community Legal Services, by Celia Pistolis and Lila T. Forro, and North Carolina Justice and Community Development Center, by Jack Holtzman, Raleigh, for petitioners-appellants.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Grady L. Balentine, Jr., for respondent-appellee.


TYSON, Judge.

Petitioners sought judicial review of Respondent's final agency decision denying petitioners' claim for emergency Medicaid coverage on the grounds that petitioners failed to meet the state residency requirement. The trial court affirmed the final agency decision. Petitioners appeal. We affirm the decision of the trial court.

I. Facts

On 30 January 2000, Christine Okale (Okale) entered the United States from Africa with her husband...

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