Washington State Welfare Rights Organization v. State

This is an appeal from a decision of the superior court dismissing appellants’ class action to challenge a determination by the Department of Social and Health Services, hereinafter called “the department”. The appellant, Washington State Welfare Rights Organization, is a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Washington. The individual appellants axe the mothers of persons whose aid-to-families-with-dependent-children grants were terminated by the department’s order No. 598.

The legislature, in 1971, changed (the age of majority for many purposes to 18 years. Thereafter, the…