Hankinson v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

This is an appeal by Margaret Hankinson (Petitioner) from an order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) dated February 5, 1980, that discontinued Aid to Families of Dependent Children Assistance (AFDC) for Petitioner’s two minor children and continued medical assistance for them. Petitioner appeals the denial of AFDC only.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. The Petitioner lives with her husband, her two minor children from a former marriage and a minor child of her husband. The Petitioner’s husband is neither the natural nor adoptive father of the…