Legal Opinion
Pyfrom v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 22, 1996No. 94-P-949PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPorada, J.
The Department of Public Welfare (department) appeals from a Superior Court judge’s allowance of the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment restoring her Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits. The department terminated the plaintiff’s benefits because the plaintiff’s daughter was placed in the temporary custody of her father. That termination was upheld by the hearing officer in the department’s administrative appeal process. The plaintiff sought review in the Superior Court under G. L. c. 30A, § 14. The judge reversed the hearing officer’s decision and ordered that the…
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