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VARNER v. COM., DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

558 Pa. 271 (1999)

736 A.2d 596

Cynthia A. VARNER, Appellee, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 18, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Cane, Chief Counsel, Cynthia A. Fillman, Asst. Counsel, Jean E. Graybill, Senior Asst. Counsel, Dept. of Pulic Welfare, for Department of Public Welfare.

Eric W. Santos, for Cynthia A. Varner.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

This Court granted allocatur to consider whether the Commonwealth Court erred by determining that the Department of Public Welfare ("DPW") must temporarily suspend, rather than discontinue, appellee's benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children ("AFDC") program.1 For the reasons which follow, we reverse the determination of the Commonwealth Court and reinstate the...

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