Ortiz v. Adult & Family Services Division

Petitioners have petitioned for judicial review of an Adult and Family Services Division final order that Aid to Dependent Children-Unemployment, (hereafter ADC-UN), assistance to petitioners be suspended for 60 days. 1 The ground for suspension was that petitioner Larry Ortiz on or about February 16,1979, "* * * refused to accept employment without good cause.” We review under ORS 183.482(8), and reverse.

Petitioner was an ADC-UN recipient when he was referred by the Employment Division to a tree planting job to begin on February 16, 1979. There is no question that petitioner was capable of…