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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 606', '§ 233', '§ 606', '§ 606', '§ 233', '§ 233']

VAN LARE V. HURLEY, 421 U. S. 338 - Volume 421 - 1975 - Full Text - US Supreme Court Center - USSC Cases - Nolo
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Without reaching the recipients' constitutional challenges -- denial of due process and equal protection, and infringement of rights of privacy and free association -- each District Court adjudged the state regulations to be invalid for conflict with 42 U.S.C. § 606(a) and 45 CFR § 233.90(a), supra, and granted declaratory and
Title 42 U.S.C. § 606(a) was previously construed in King v. Smith, 392 U. S. 309 (1968). That case involved an Alabama "substitute father" regulation, which denied AFDC benefits to children of a mother who cohabited in or outside her home with an able-bodied man. It was irrelevant under the state regulation whether the man was legally obligated to support the children or whether he did, in fact, contribute to their support. Alabama contended that its rule simply defined non-absent "parent" under 42 U.S.C. § 606(a). The regulation was claimed to be justified as having the purpose of
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) codified the holding of King v. Smith in 45 CFR § 233.90(a), supra, the regulation at issue in the instant case. [Footnote 5] Its key provision specifies that, in determining a child's financial eligibility and the amount of the assistance payment, "the income only of the [legally obligated] parent . . . will be considered available . . . in the absence of proof of actual contributions." 45 CFR § 233.90(a). We applied this regulation in Lewis v. Martin, 397 U. S. 552 (1970). Lewis presented the question of the validity of a California rule which provided that, in computing payments to needy children who lived with their mother and stepfather or "an adult male person assuming the role of spouse" (MARS), consideration should be given to the income of the stepfather or MARS. Id. at 397 U. S. 554. We held the California rule invalid as in conflict with the Social Security Act, the HEW regulation,
Another, somewhat related, justification asserted is that the shelter allowance is reduced to prevent lodgers, who, by definition, are ineligible for welfare, from receiving welfare benefits. The regulations, however, do not prohibit lodgers from living in welfare homes. The lodger may stay on after the allowance is reduced, and the State takes no further action. [Footnote 7] The only victim of