State Welfare Commissioner v. Mintz

The question we are called upon to determine is whether article 3-A of the Domestic Relations Law (Uniform Support of Dependents Law or USDL) may be invoked to compel a New York resident to contribute to the support of his nonresident parent notwithstanding that such filial obligation was expressly repealed from other pertinent statutes, as respects resident parents, by the legislation enacted by this State (L. 1966, ch. 256) in order to qualify the State for benefits under the Federal Medicare program (U. S. Code, tit. 42, ch. 7, subch. XIX).

Petitioner, an agent of the Welfare Commissioner…