Ottman v. Fisher

POMEROY, Justice.

Mrs. Marie Ottman, appellee herein, assumed actual custody and support of three minor children who were related to her only as first cousins once removed.

Her application for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) 1 was at first granted and later withdrawn by appellant herein. Appeal from such withdrawal was seasonably taken, Rule 80B, Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, being used as the vehicle therefor.

Such appeal was fruitful.

Dean Fisher, Commissioner of Health and Welfare of the State of Maine, then seasonably filed this appeal.

We deny the appeal.

The controversy…