Brunner v. Ward County Social Services Board

SANDSTROM, Justice.

Joan M. Brunner appeals from a district court judgment affirming a decision by the Department of Human Services finding her ineligible for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits from November 1992 through February 1994, because she received a lump-sum award of $5,790 for unemployment benefits. We affirm. Following the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Gardebring v. Jenkins, 485 U.S. 415, 108 S.Ct. 1306, 99 L.Ed.2d 515 (1988), we hold 45 C.F.R. § 206.10(a)(2)(i) does not impose a duty on AFDC caseworkers to advise AFDC applicants of ways to…