Ohlson v. North Dakota Department of Human Services

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

Debbie Ohlson appealed from a judgment affirming a Department of Human Services decision denying her claim for medical assistance as an incapacitated parent under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. We hold that the Department’s decision that Ohlson was not an incapacitated parent is supported by a preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.

Ohlson and her husband have three children. Ramsey County Social Services has had an open Medicaid file on the family since 1988 because one of the children receives medical assistance for a disability. In…