Allen v. Hettleman

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

In this case several female plaintiffs and the Baltimore Welfare Rights Organization (BWRO) challenge the validity of a Maryland AFDC 1 regulation pursuant to which a minor mother (under 18) and her child are considered as two members of the AFDC unit of the caretaker relative of the minor mother. 2 The regulation results in less money per capita being paid for the minor mother and her child who live in the larger unit than would be paid if the minor mother and her child lived by themselves. Defendants are two Maryland officials charged with the administration…