Pereira-Goodman

In this case we hold that a former welfare recipient who is not currently receiving public assistance, and is not an applicant for such assistance, is not entitled to an administrative “fair hearing” under the provisions of Welfare and Institutions Code section 10950, in order to contest the calculations of a county’s district attorney, acting as the administrator of the child support enforcement services (CSES) program, concerning the amounts payable to appellant on her claim for enforcement of prior accruals of child support obligations under the provisions of title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, 42 United States Code section 651 et seq. (hereafter, Title IV-D). This administrative hearing right is properly limited to persons who are applicants for, or recipients of, public assistance payments, and who are contesting adverse decisions of a county welfare department regarding such assistance payments. Appellant is not such a person.

Appellant Maria Pereira-Goodman contends the trial court wrongly denied her petition for a writ of mandate. By its ruling, the trial court refused to order the State Department of Social Services to exercise jurisdiction and…