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MASON v. STATE

No. S-01-1265.

672 N.W.2d 28 (2003)

267 Neb. 44

Tylesha L. MASON and Fernandez Mason, by and through Lisa Cannon, as their next friend, et al., Appellees, v. STATE of Nebraska et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 5, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, Royce N. Harper, and Michael J. Rumbaugh, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellants.

Rebecca L. Gould and D. Milo Mumgaard, of Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest Welfare Due Process Project, Martha F. Davis and Geoffrey A. Boehm, of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Sue Ellen Wall, and Susan A. Koenig for appellees.

Lenora M. Lapidus, Emily J. Martin, and Amy A. Miller, for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Women's Rights Project and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Nebraska.

HENDRY, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

GERRARD, J.

Nebraska's Welfare Reform Act (Act), Neb.Rev.Stat. § 68-1708 et seq. (Reissue 1996 & Cum.Supp.2002), generally requires that while receiving cash assistance benefits, recipient families in which at least one adult has the capacity to work must participate in a "self-sufficiency contract," which sets forth certain approved work-related activities in which recipients must engage. See Kosmicki v. State, 264 Neb. 887

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