Colavita v. Virginia Department of Social Services

By Judge Victor V. Ludwig

This matter comes to the Court on an appeal of the decision of the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) denying an adoption subsidy for the adoptive child of Appellants, William and Tina Colavita. The Shenandoah Valley Department of Social Services (SVDSS) initially denied the adoption subsidy, and, after a hearing on the matter, DSS sustained SVDSS’s determination in its decision dated February 28, 2011. The Colavitas ask this Court to reverse the DSS hearing officer’s determination that SVDSS properly denied an adoption subsidy.

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