DocketNumber: Appeal, No. 1111 C.D. 1976
Citation Numbers: 29 Pa. Commw. 424
Judges: Crumlish, Kramer, Rogers
Filed Date: 3/29/1977
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 6/24/2022
Memorandum Opinion and Order,
The appellant, Ansel Ficklin, prior to September 22, 1975, resided with his wife and three children, one of which children attended college in Florida. Under the Aid For Dependent Children program, Mr. Ficklin and his wife received benefits through the Department of Public Welfare in the amount of $224.50 semimonthly. On September 22, 1975 a domestic quarrel resulted in Mr. Ficklin’s going to jail and in Mrs. Ficklin moving to her mother’s residence with the children who were at home. On the same date Mrs. Ficklin went to the County Assistance Office and asked that the welfare check due.in a few days be held and that the family’s benefits be separated between her and the children on the one hand and Mr. Ficklin on the other. The County Office acceded to Mrs. Ficklin’s request and by a process completed on October 10, 1975, separated the assistance checks, Mrs. Ficklin to receive $204.50 semi-monthly for her and the three children, and Mr. Ficklin to receive $82.00 semi-monthly. Mr. Ficklin appealed from this determination. A hearing was conducted and the hearing examiner filed an adjudication affirming the Department’s action. Mr. Ficklin has appealed from that determination.
The record supports the hearing examiner’s findings of fact. The only point of law which we discern in the record is that of whether Mr. Ficklin was provided with the correct notice of the Department’s action separating his and the rest of his family’s cases. The notice provided to him on October 4, 1975, after two visits by him to the County Assistance Office, was a notice numbered PA 162-0, also called a confirming notice. This stated that the separation of his and the rest of the family’s cases had in fact taken place. Regulations of the Department of Welfare also provide for a form PA 162-A, the function of which is to
We therefore enter the following
Order
And Now, this 29th day of March, 1977, it is Ordered that the appeal of Ansel Ficklin herein be and it is hereby dismissed.