Doe v. Hursh

MEMORANDUM

LARSON, District Judge.

Minnesota participates in the Federal government’s Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, which was established by the Social Security Act of 1935. In these two actions the plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief with respect to Minnesota’s so-called “90-day rule” or “three-month rule” applied to deny Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits to otherwise eligible persons until such time as a parent has been continuously absent from home for a period of ninety days.

The two basic requirements for AFDC are that there be children…