Lasoff v. Blum

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mahoney, P. J.

As of March of 1979, petitioners Ellen Lasoff and James Lieberman lived together with a two-year-old child bom from their union as well as an eight-year-old child from *220Lieberman’s previous marriage. Prior to this time, respondent Delaware County Department of Social Services had treated them as two separate “economic units” for food stamp purposes. Upon the implementation of new Federal regulations following passage of the 1977 Food Stamp Act (Public Law 95-113), the local agency determined on March 20, 1979 that petitioners and their children were henceforth…