Legal Opinion
Curtis v. Commissioner of Human Services
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 31, 1986PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
Following a hearing in Superior Court (Kennebec County) in this class action brought by parents receiving public assistance, the Defendant, Commissioner of Human Services, appeals from an order enjoining him from filing liens against the Plaintiffs’ property to secure child support debts, and overturning the Commissioner’s determination of the point at which support debts were “collected” by offset against a debtor’s federal income tax refunds within the meaning of 19 M.R.S.A. §§ 491-516 (1981 & Supp. 1985-1986). One portion of the Plaintiff class cross-appeals from so much…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Riverside National Bank v. LewisTexas Supreme Court · 1980
- Van Lieshout v. Verill (In Re Verill)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 1982
- Layton v. ChaseSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1966
- Lee v. MassieSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Saturley v. Casco Northern Bank, N.A. (In Re Saturley)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 1993
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