Allen v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Division of Public Assistance

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Carla Allen and Ian Wallis are food stamp recipients who each received an excess of food stamp benefits due to errors made by the State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Assistance (hereinafter "the Agency"). The Agency seeks to recoup these overpaid benefits from Allen and Wallis by reducing their future monthly food stamp allotments. Allen and Wallis assert that Alaska's doctrine of equitable estoppel should prevent the Agency from reducing their future allotments because the overpayments were caused by the…