Wasson v. ADULT & FAMILY SERVICES DIV., ETC.

Petitioner, a recipient of Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), seeks judicial review of a determination of the Adult and Family Services Division (AFSD) that her aid grant must be reduced by an amount paid to her by the father of her children as restitution for damaging her car. We reverse and remand.

Petitioner was a recipient of ADC during the fall of 1980 after she had separated from John Jennings, the father of her two small children, and moved in with her parents in October. On November 6, Jennings took petitioner’s car, which had a “bluebook” value of at least $2,300, from her parents’ home…