Collingsworth v. DSS DIRECTOR

Patricia Collingsworth (petitioner) appeals as of right from the May 5, 1984, decision of the circuit court which affirmed the Michigan Department of Social Services’s denial of petitioner’s AFDC benefits pursuant to the application of the lump sum rule in 42 USC 602(a)(17).

On October 21, 1981, the DSS received an anonymous telephone call to the effect that petitioner had received a workers’ compensation settlement in the amount of $20,000. On October 22, 1981, DSS sent petitioner a letter informing her that she would be ineligible for further benefits from November 1, 1981, to November 1,…