McCoy v. State Dept. of Public Health and Welfare, 22120
Citation | 271 S.W.2d 788 |
Decision Date | 04 October 1954 |
Docket Number | No. 22120,22120 |
Parties | Louis McCOY, Appellant, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, Respondent. |
Court | Court of Appeal of Missouri (US) |
Clyde O. Bowles, Jr., Kansas City, for appellant.
John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Paul McGhee, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
Appellant, Louis McCoy, on November 24, 1952, applied to the Jackson County Welfare Office for aid to dependent children. His application was based upon Section 208.040 RSMo 1949, as amended, Laws of 1951, p. 756, V.A.M.S. Said section provides in part that aid to dependent children benefits shall be granted with respect to any child who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of death, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent, 'and financial aid for such child is necessary to save him from neglect and to secure for him proper care in such home'.
Applicant's application was approved on December 9, 1952, but on January 23, 1953, appellant was removed from the aid to dependent children rolls. At his request a hearing was conducted by a referee for the State Department of Public Health and Welfare (respondent.) The evidence presented at said hearing was transcribed and was thereafter reviewed by the Director of said Department. On June 24, 1953, he rendered a decision affirming the action of the Jackson County Welfare Office in removing appellant from the rolls. Appellant duly appealed from the Director's decision to the Circuit Court of Jackson County and that Court, reviewing the aforesaid record, affirmed the Director's order. From said judgment the appellant appealed to this Court.
Based upon 'the entire record and evidence' in the case the Director made the following 'Findings of Fact':
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