State Ex Rel. Division of Family Services v. Standridge

BILLINGS, Judge.

Suit by Division of Family Services to recover monies paid to defendant’s wife, Wanda Standridge, in Aid to Family with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits. Plaintiff’s petition states that the rights asserted were acquired by an assignment *515from Wanda Standridge.1 The trial court entered judgment for plaintiff for $2,102.00. The court of appeals reversed and remanded on the grounds that the trial court erred in not requiring plaintiff to show as part of its burden of proof that Wanda’s removal of the parties’ child from their father’s custody to another state was justified or…