Johnson v. Department of Public Aid

Plaintiff Shirley Ann Johnson filed a complaint against defendants Illinois and Rock Island County Departments of Public Aid, and the directors of those agencies, for administrative review of an adverse Illinois Department of Public Aid (hereinafter the Department) decision. After a hearing on the merits, the circuit court of Rock Island County found the Department’s decision to be neither contrary to law nor against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Plaintiff is, and has been at all times relevant to this appeal, a recipient of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (hereinafter AFDC),…