Stella Morrison v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services appeals a decision by the district court 1 invalidating a regulation issued by the Secretary which orders the disregard of student status of a minor parent of dependent children in determining whether the family qualifies for assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Because we believe the district court correctly concluded that the regulation rests on a misreading of the statute it interprets and frustrates the congressional purpose in creating the AFDC program, we affirm.

Congress…