Hinderer v. Department of Social Services

Plaintiff appeals from an order entered in Midland County Circuit Court upholding the decision of an administrative law judge of the Michigan Department of Social Services. The order affirmed the administrative law judge’s determination that the methods of budgeting employed by the Department of Social Services in computing Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefit payments was proper, as against plaintiffs challenge that the budgeting procedure conflicted with certain provisions of the Federal Social Security Act 1 and the regulations enacted thereunder.

I. Facts

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