Jones v. Lopez Plascencia

MOLLOY, Chief Judge.

Appellants, Roger and Agnes Jones, husband and wife, commenced this certiorari proceeding in the superior court, seeking a determination that the appellee, State Department of Public Welfare (and its constituent members and commissioner), acted without jurisdiction or abused its discretion in ruling that monthly benefits payable to the Joneses under the federally assisted “Aid to the permanently and totally disabled” (APTD) welfare program were to be reduced by an amount equal to the monthly net earnings of their 19-year-old son, less only a fixed $40 per month allowance…