Delaware County Department of Social Services ex rel. Fitch v. Fitch

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Delaware County (Estes, J.), entered April 15, 1999, which dismissed petitioner’s applications, in two proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, to direct respondents to reimburse petitioner for Medicaid expenditures incurred in providing treatment for respondents’ child.

In May 1998, petitioner filed two petitions, one against each respondent, the parents of then 19-year-old William Fitch, to recover the costs of Medicaid paid on his behalf, principally for inpatient drug rehabilitation treatment from February 16, 1998 through May 28,…