Gallagher v. Department of Social Services

24 Mich. App. 558 (1970)

180 N.W.2d 477

GALLAGHER

v.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Docket No. 7,113.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 24, 1970.

Alan W. Houseman (Neighborhood Legal Services Centers), for plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Maxine Boord Virtue, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

Before: LEVIN, P.J., and J.H. GILLIS and BRONSON, JJ.

BRONSON, J.

The issue presented is whether child support arrearage payments are the property of the mother for the purpose of determining eligibility of aid to the disabled.

The department of…