Butler County v. Strange

LeGRAND, Justice.

This action was brought by Butler County under Chapter 252, The Code, to recover support payments made on behalf of a minor child under the Aid to Dependent Children program (Chapter 239, The Code). From an order sustaining defendant’s motion to dismiss its petition, the county appeals. We affirm, although we do so on grounds other than those relied on by the trial court.

The petition alleges that Regina Ann Hulsing was born January 15, 1968, and that an application for a grant of public assistance under the Aid to Dependent Children program was made by the child’s mother,…