Doe v. Harder

*303MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTION TO HOLD IN CONTEMPT

By the decision in Doe v. Shapiro, 302 F.Supp. 761 (D.Conn.1969), appeal dismissed, 396 U.S. 488, 90 S.Ct. 641, 24 L. Ed.2d 677, rehearing denied, 397 U.S. 970, 90 S.Ct. 991, 25 L.Ed.2d 264 (March 2, 1970), this court enjoined the refusal of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under a Connecticut State Welfare Department regulation providing termination of payments to an illegitimate child if the mother refused to name the child’s father. The regulations were then amended to provide termination of payments to the mother rather than the…