Atkinson v. Ledbetter

Sognier, Judge.

The Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) found that Martha J. Atkinson had failed to cooperate in establishing paternity for her daughter, Amy, and consequently removed her from the Aid to Families with Dependent Children grant she and her family had been receiving. Atkinson appealed DHR’s final decision to the Superior Court of Fulton County, which affirmed the administrative decision, and we granted Atkinson’s application for discretionary review.

The record reveals that appellant named Robert Meriwether as the father of her daughter, thus allowing DHR to bring a civil…