Legal Opinion
Childs v. Essex County Division of Welfare
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided August 30, 1988PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
VILLANUEVA, J.S.C.
After welfare recipients’ attorney received settlement proceeds for clients’ personal injury law suits, which proceedings were concealed from the welfare agency so that no agreements to repay existed, this declaratory judgment action was commenced seeking to have the agency’s claims for recoupment limited to the amount of assistance paid on behalf of plaintiffs as if their children had not been included in the eligible family unit.
Plaintiffs move for summary judgment: (1) to compel the welfare agency to recompute the amounts owed to it as if plaintiffs’ children had not been…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Redding v. Burlington County Welfare BoardSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Terry v. HarrisNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1980
- Borsman v. MannixAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- State v. Resorts Internat. Hotel, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1980
- Roseann Barnes, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Nancy Betson, Annabelle Woodard, and Cynthia Williams v. Walter Cohen, Individually and in His Capacity as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Don Jose Stovall, Individually and in His Capacity as Executive Director of the Philadelphia County Board of Assistance and Margaret M. Heckler, Individually and in Her Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Appeal of Nancy Betson, Annabelle Woodard, and Cynthia Williams. Essie Mae Harris, and T.E., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Audrey Harris, Individually and in Her Capacity as Acting Director of the Division of Public Welfare, New Jersey Department of Human Services George J. Albanese, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner of New Jersey Department of Human Services and Margaret M. Heckler, as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re BennettNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2000