Case Name: Marlin LaFOND, Appellant, v. Richard W. HEIM, Executive Director, State of New Mexico Health and Social Services Department, et al., Appellees
Court: Court of Appeals of New Mexico
Jurisdiction: New Mexico
Decision Date: 1972-07-28
Citations: 84 N.M. 119
Docket Number: No. 850
Parties: Marlin LaFOND, Appellant, v. Richard W. HEIM, Executive Director, State of New Mexico Health and Social Services Department, et al., Appellees.
Judges: HENDLEY and COWAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: New Mexico Reports
Volume: 84
Pages: 119–119

Head Matter:
500 P.2d 204
Marlin LaFOND, Appellant, v. Richard W. HEIM, Executive Director, State of New Mexico Health and Social Services Department, et al., Appellees.
No. 850.
Court of Appeals of New Mexico.
July 28, 1972.
John P. Gascoyne, Richard W. Hughes, Richard P. Fahey, Shiprock, for appellant.
David L. Norvell, Atty. Gen., Robert J. Laughlin, James G. Huber, Agency Asst., Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellees.

Opinion:
OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
The LaFond application for welfare assistance (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) was denied because his 1969 Chevrolet Station Wagon, valued at approximately $1,600, exceeded the limit of $750 wholesale value for welfare assistance. H.S.S. Reg. 221.832.
' The Station Wagon was subject to a loan in excess of its value and LaFond had no equity available.
This case is controlled by Trujillo v. Health and Social Services Department of the State of New Mexico, 84 N.M. 58, 499 P.2d 376 (Ct.App.), decided June 30, 1972.
The order of the Department is reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
HENDLEY and COWAN, JJ., concur.