Todd v. Norman

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises the question whether Social Security Child’s Insurance Benefits (“Child’s Insurance Benefits”) paid pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 402(d) are “child support payments” within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 602(a)(8)(A)(vi) (the “child support disregard”).

I. BACKGROUND.

Elizabeth Todd and Sarah Starr (“appellants”) are recipients of Child’s Insurance Benefits and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (“AFDC”) benefits. The Iowa Department of Human Services (“Iowa”), in determining AFDC eligibility and grant levels, refused to “disregard” the first $50 of Child’s…