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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. HAFFORD

815 A.2d 806 (2003)

2003 ME 15

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES o/b/o Carmen O'LEARY v. Michael HAFFORD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: February 4, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Michael G. Keefe, Asst. Attorney General, Augusta, for plaintiff.

William J. Smith, Van Buren, for defendant.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.

DANA, J.

[¶ 1] Michael Hafford appeals from the judgment of the District Court (Fort Kent, Daigle, J.) concluding that the Department of Human Services (DHS) is entitled to recover a judgment for the back child support that had accrued prior to the time the mother began receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), the predecessor program to Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF).1 Notwithstanding the mother's affidavit...

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