Atkins v. Department of Social Services

Plaintiffs, Craig Atkins and his wife Deborah, appeal from a circuit court judgment affirming an order issued by an administrative laW judge upholding the decision of the defendant, Michigan Department of Social Services, which denied renewal of plaintiffs’ license to operate a family day care home.

On April 21, 1977, defendant denied plaintiffs’ request for renewal of a family day care home license because of "substantial non-compliance with § 5 of [1973 Public] Act 116 and Rule 400.1302”. Plaintiffs appealed this administrative determination and requested a hearing for review of their…