Diggs v. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

CALABRIA, Judge.

This appeal arises from an order issued by the trial court reversing a declaratory ruling of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) requested by Patricia Diggs (“petitioner”). Petitioner, a custodial parent of three children and the former adult caretaker of her niece, Shae Little, petitioned DHHS on 1 June 2001 for a declaratory ruling pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-4 alleging the practice of calculating the debt owed to the State when an adult caretaker accepts payment of benefits under the Work First Families Assistance (“WFFA”) and…