Legal Opinion
Wheaton v. Department of Health & Human Services
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 18, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClifford, J.
[¶ 1] Tammie Wheaton appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Mead, J.) affirming a decision of the Department of Health and Human Services concluding that Whea-ton’s receipt of $500 in unrestricted monthly income as a result of her divorce property settlement agreement precludes her from being eligible for the subsistence benefit of food stamps. Wheaton contends that the payment she receives represents a property settlement that should not be classified as income for the purposes of food stamp regulations, see 7 C.F.R. § 273.9(b) (2007), and that the…
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- United States v. KingUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1954
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- Becker v. Bureau of Parks & LandsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2005
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