Hilliards v. Jackson

DUFF, Senior Judge.

Katherine D. Hilliards appeals the Page County Circuit Court’s decision affirming an administrative decision of the Virginia Department of Social Services. The Department ruled that Hilliards was eligible to receive ten dollars per month in food stamps. Hilliards contends the Department erroneously included the proceeds from the sale of her mobile home as income when calculating her food stamp benefits. For the following reasons, we reverse.

I

On December 10, 1990, Hilliards and her husband bought a mobile home, which they financed with a $15,000 consumer note from Crestar…