Tappen v. State, Department of Health & Welfare

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal from decisions of the district court which had reversed decisions of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The Department had previously denied claims for Aid to Dependent Children brought by claimants Tappen and Champion. We affirm the district court awarding benefits in the Champion decision but reverse and remand the award of benefits in the Tappen decision and remand it for additional proceedings at the administrative level.

Tappen is a married man living with his wife and their four minor children. Prior to March 1975 the Department…