Cannon v. Illinois Department of Public Aid

Plaintiff Ola B. Cannon appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Rock Island County affirming the decision of the Illinois Department of Public Aid, which denied the application of Cannon to add another dependent to her AFDC grant.

The appeal in this case is brought under the terms of the Administrative Review Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110, par. 267). The Department denied benefits for Andre Letchow, an eight-year-old fourth cousin who was living with Mrs. Cannon, until such time as a currently filed adoption proceeding by Cannon was final. At the time of the Cannon application for…