Garrett v. State Department of Public Health & Welfare

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Appeal from judgment of Circuit Court affirming decision of Director of State Department of Public Health and Welfare, denying relief to claimant whose grant of aid to the permanently and totally disabled had been reduced.

In May, 1971, Hazel J. Garrett, then 64 years of age, was receiving a grant of aid of $80 per month under the program for assistance to the permanently and totally disabled. This grant was premised upon a public assistance budget showing a total expense of $237, budgetable income of $138.50, leaving a deficit of $98.50, resulting in her…