Fitzpatrick v. Illinois Department of Public Aid

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County rendered in an administrative review action, which judgment affirmed the decision of the Illinois Department of Public Aid removing Littrell Fitzpatrick, one of plaintiff’s children, from plaintiff’s Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) grant. Ill.Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 23, par. 4 — 1 et seq.

Plaintiff is the mother of five minor children and has been receiving public assistance in the form of AFDC grants. One of the plaintiff’s children, Littrell, sustained severe burns to his left leg and recovered a settlement of…