Mothers' Assistance Fund

Department of Justice. Opinion to Miss Blanche E. Stauffer, Supervisor of Mothers’ Assistance Fund.

Brown, Dep. Att’y-Gen.,

— Your letter of the 14th instant, asking for an opinion from this department covering two distinct cases, has been referred to me.

The first case is that of a mother whose husband died, leaving her with four dependent children. The mother remarried, but secured a divorce some time later. There were no children by the second marriage. The mother has the four children by her first marriage with her, and you now desire to be advised if she is entitled to assistance from the…