Legal Opinion
Chavez v. Shea
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 29, 1974No. 26395PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hodges
Appellant’s application for financial assistance under Colorado’s Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was denied by the Saguache County Department of Social Services. The appellant, Emilia Chavez, who is not related to the child and had never complied with the statutory procedures for adoption, sought assistance on the basis that she had equitably or culturally adopted the child. The assistance was denied on the ground that the aid was available only to specified relatives including statutorily adoptive parents. The State Department of Social Services after a hearing affirmed the…
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