Legal Opinion
Galster v. Woods
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 24, 1985No. Docket Nos. A021109, A020975PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SMITH, J.
The question posed on this appeal and petition for writ of mandate is whether state officials charged with implementing and administering the aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) program may, consistently with federal and state law, deem a property interest held by an applicant or recipient to be “available” for support and maintenance, and hence countable in computing dollar-amount “resource” limits governing eligibility for benefits, when the applicant or recipient has demonstrated that, despite diligent and good faith efforts to sell or otherwise gain access to…
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