Adopted child entitled to continued assistance lost due to agency’s failure to inform.
Topic: Public Assistance, Decided by: Judge Walker-Russell
Docket Number: ***** , Decision Date: August 18, 2015
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Docket Number: ***** , Decision Date: August 18, 2015
Attachment: Click here to download the decision.
An agency representative failed to advise adoptive parents of a twelve-year-old child that signing the adoption agreement before the child turned thirteen precluded the child from accessing continued benefits in the event she attended college after she turned eighteen. This non-disclosure departed from the agency’s rules and regulations, and entitled the child to continued benefits while she attended college.