Legal Opinion
Godden Ex Rel. Dorn v. Department of Public Welfare
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided March 6, 1975No. 39620, 39628PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
Plaintiffs, as guardians and next friends, appeal the judgment of the District Court for Lancaster County affirming rulings of the Department of Public Welfare rejecting their applications for aid for dependent children (AFDC) for their minor wards. The wards are beneficiaries of a trust fund which if presently payable *270to them would make them ineligible for public assistance benefits. We reverse.
On July 30, 1965, the county court of Gage County, Nebraska, distributed the proceeds of a wrongful death settlement in a case involving the mother of the wards. So far as material herein, the decree…
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