Opinion ID: 2232891
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Heading: Adoption of Part II of Court of Appeals' Opinion

Text: The Court of Appeals first held that FSSA's interpretation of the statute was not erroneous. The Court concluded that both the Plaintiffs and FSSA had offered plausible interpretations of Indiana's eligibility statute and regulations in effect before the recent statutory amendment, and that under the circumstances, the trial court had erred in not deferring to FSSA's interpretation, as FSSA was the agency charged with interpreting the statute and regulation in the first instance. See Sullivan v. Day, 661 N.E.2d 848, 854 (Ind.Ct.App.1996). We agree, and now expressly adopt by reference the Court of Appeals' analysis of this issue found in Part II of its decision, id, at 852-54. See Ind. Appellate Rule 11(B)(3).