County of Los Angeles v. Young

The county of Los Angeles brought this action pursuant to section 2224, Welfare and Institutions Code, to recover a portion of old age aid paid to defendant’s mother. Defendant appeals from judgment for the county.

Section 2224 1 provides in pertinent part as follows: “The board of supervisors or an agent designated by the board shall determine if the applicant or recipient of aid has within this State a spouse or adult child responsible to contribute to the support of the applicant or recipient of aid pursuant to the relatives’ contribution scale of Section 2181. A form shall be sent to the…