Frost v. Blum

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered June 6, 1978 in Sullivan County, which reversed a fair hearing decision and ordered certain sums paid to petitioner on behalf of her infant child. Petitioner applied for public assistance under the Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) category for her unborn child. The birth of the child has largely mooted the question as to this petitioner, but in view of the public importance of the issue and its likelihood to recur, we deem it appropriate to determine the legal issue. The Department of Social Services granted the child a…