KNIER v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 1867 C.D. 1983.

84 Pa.Commw. 609 (1984)

Barry Knier, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic Chardon, for petitioner.

John G. Knorr, III, Senior Deputy Attorney General, with him, Allen C. Warshaw, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Chief, Litigation Section, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Attorney General, for respondent.

Submitted on briefs April 30, 1984, to Judges WILLIAMS, JR., DOYLE and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE DOYLE, August 23, 1984:

This is an appeal by Barry Knier (Petitioner) from an order of the Executive Deputy Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (Department), which found that Petitioner was ineligible for General Assistance benefits as a "chronically needy person" pursuant to Section 432(3)(i) of the Public Welfare Code (Code).1

Petitioner began receiving general assistance benefits on May 5, 1981. On...

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