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BUCHANAN v. ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BD.

117 N.J. Super. 541 (1971)

285 A.2d 252

JOYCE BUCHANAN, JESSIE RAMSEUR, NANCY FULLER, ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, VIVIAN SIMMONS, BEATRICE GREEN, ETHEL BANKS AND MARION KIDD, ALL INDIVIDUALLY, ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, AND ON BEHALF OF ALL SIMILARLY SITUATED PERSONS, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD AND PHILIP K. LAZARO, DIRECTOR OF THE ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 28, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ronald Reichstein argued the cause for defendants-appellants (Mr. Joseph E. Cohen, attorney).

Mr. Michael C. Parks, on behalf of the Newark-Essex Joint Law Reform Project, argued the cause for plaintiffs-respondents.

Before Judges KILKENNY, LABRECQUE and LANE.

The opinion of the court was delivered by LABRECQUE, J.A.D.

Defendants Essex County Welfare Board (Board) and Philip K. Lazaro, its Director, appeal from a judgment of the Law Division, dated March 19, 1971, which held that recipients of assistance from the Board under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program who were also obligees under court orders for support were entitled to be offered the opportunity to be placed on a full-payment basis whenever...

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