Bowen v. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

GREENE, Judge.

Zelma Bowen (Plaintiff) appeals from a 14 July 1998 Superior Court order affirming a 2 January 1998 decision of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (Department), which found Plaintiff ineligible for assistance under the State-County Special Assistance for Adults Program (Special Assistance).

Plaintiff applied for Special Assistance in September 1995, and Department denied Plaintiff’s claim on 13 March 1997 on the ground that her “income exceeds the allowable limit to receive assistance.”

The dispositive issue is whether Plaintiffs assignment of error…