Legal Opinion

Williams v. Department of Public Welfare

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided May 15, 1981PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

The plaintiff has appealed (Delf v. Commissioner of Pub. Welfare, 369 Mass. 345, 345-346, 348 [1975]) from a judgment of the Superior Court which affirmed a decision of the Department of Public Welfare (G. L. c. 18, § 16, as amended by St. 1974, c. 752, § 10) by which the Department excluded the plaintiff from the family unit for the purpose of computing the family budget under AFDC (G. L. c. 118, § 2, as most recently amended by St. 1979, c. 342, § 8A) and cut off her medical care and assistance benefits (G. L. c. 118E, §§1,5 and 6) by reason of her not cooperating with the Department by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. New Boston Garden Corp. v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  2. Maddocks v. Contributory Retirement Appeal BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  3. Duato v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  4. Lascaris v. ShirleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Peggy S. M. ex rel. John Boy M. v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Learned v. Department of Public WelfareMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983

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