Zeien v. Palmer

I respectfully dissent. At issue is the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) policy which leaves poor families without any source of assistance when they are disqualified from further AFDC based on receipt of one month’s child support.1 Upon receipt Iowa presumes that payments will continue. This is true even if nonpayment intervenes between the initial collection and the month of cancellation. Thus, IDHS cancels benefits without any sort of estimate or projection that child support payments will continue. As a result of this presumption, a family may be without any means or…