State Department of Human Resources v. M.A.J.

CRAWLEY, Judge.

M.A.J. is the mother of five children. M.G. has been judicially determined to be the father of two of those children and had been ordered to pay $391 per month in child support. M.A.J. and M.G. have never been married. The mother has received aid to dependent children (ADC) off and on for several years. The amount of ADC she receives each month reflects payments for two children fathered by M.G., as well as for three children fathered by other men.

In 1994, the mother learned that the father was about to receive a lump sum disability benefit from Prudential Insurance Company.…