Legal Opinion
Lee v. State Department of Public Health & Welfare
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 27, 1972No. 9177PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TITUS, Chief Judge.
Nancy Lee, a 93-year-old widow residing in a nursing home, was dependent upon her son James, social security benefits, and old age assistance. Chapter 208. 1 James, under informal authority from Mrs. Lee, managed his mother’s meager affairs because, in her own words, “I ain’t fit to take care of nothing.” On July 27, 1970, a caseworker for the division of welfare terminated Mrs. Lee’s old age assistance on the averred ground that she owned or possessed available resources in the form of cash and securities (prepaid burial deposits) in excess of the amount allowed under §…
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