Watson v. DIRECTOR, MISSOURI STATE DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES

Representatives of the Cedar County Family Services Office determined that William and Zeffie Watson, husband and wife, were no longer eligible for public assistance under the Old Age Assistance program and the Watsons applied for a state hearing. The Director of the Missouri State Division of Family Services, following a hearing of sorts,1 ordered termination of William’s grant for state supplementation benefits and Zeffie’s vendor nursing home payments. Inter alia, the director’s decision was based on findings that since claimants were “married and actually living with husband or wife” they…