Geraldine Smith v. Gail S. Huecker
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge,
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
The district court granted defendants’ (Kentucky) motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint. In denying plaintiffs’ (Mrs. Smith) motion for summary judgment, the court held that Kentucky’s thirty-day period was a reasonable measure of the parental “continued absence from the home * * *” required for eligibility to receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). We affirm.
Background
On February 3, 1974, Mrs. Smith and her minor children returned to Kentucky from Texas where her husband remained. Three…
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