In Re Social Services Payment Cases

Opinion

DOI TODD, J.

Plaintiffs and appellants, a proposed class of individuals representing developmentally disabled foster children and their foster families throughout California, appeal from a judgment entered following the trial court’s order sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend filed by defendants and respondents the State Department of Social Services and its director, John A. Wagner (collectively the DSS). Appellants sought reimbursement of additional foster care benefits allegedly available for the children. The trial court ruled that appellants failed to state a claim, as the…