Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 249

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 504, TITLE 31, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR WELFARE ASSISTANCE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Section 504, Title 31, Delaware Code, is amended by striking out the second paragraph of Subsection (2) and substituting in lieu thereof a new paragraph in Subsection (2) as follows:

If found feasible by, and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Department, the term "Aid to Families with Dependent children shall also include aid granted with respect to children who are removed from their home and placed in foster care as a result of a judicial determination, initiated during the month in or for which such children were receiving such aid, or initiated during the month in or for which such children would have received such aid if application had been made therefor, or if such children, who within six months prior to the month court proceedings were initiated had been living with a specified relative and would have been eligible for assistance in or for such month except for failure to meet the "living with" requirement, that continuation in the parent's or relative's home would be contrary to the child's welfare.

Approved July 10, 1969.