Story v. State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, District 10

POLEN, Judge.

Donna F. Story appeals an administrative hearing officer’s decision that HRS is entitled to recoup $565 in Aid for Dependent Children (AFDC) and food stamp benefits which they overpaid appellant. Appellant seeks to apply the doctrine of equitable es-toppel to bar HRS from recovering the overpayment by reducmg her current benefits. We affirm.

Appellant relies on Fraga v. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 464 So.2d 144 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984), to support her claim of equitable estoppel. However, we find Fraga inapposite. Ms. Story properly reported her new employment…