St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services v. Baxter

These proceedings were brought by the St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services in order to implement amendments to the Federal Social Security Act requiring the States to maximize their efforts to *509obtain support from responsible relatives for certain dependents receiving public assistance.1

The respondents move to dismiss the petitions for the reason that they do not allege any change of circumstances relating to the needs of the dependents or any increased ability on the respondents’ part to pay additional support. The respondents argue that they should not be bound by a formula…