King v. Smith

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Litigants=King v. Smith
ArgueDate=April 23
ArgueYear=1968
DecideDate=June 17
DecideYear=1968
FullName=King, Commissioner, Department of Pensions and Security, et al. v. Smith et al.
Citation=88 S. Ct. 2128; 20 L. Ed. 2d 1118
USVol=392
USPage=309
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Holding=Aid to Families with Dependent Children cannot be denied to families of qualifying children based on a substitute father.
SCOTUS=1967-1969
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"King v. Smith", 392 U.S. 309 (1968), found that Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) could not be denied to Mrs. Sylvester Smith, who was having a sexual affair with a Mr. Williams.

Smith - inhabiting in Alabama - had four children, without a biological father providing support. Thus, she qualified for AFDC. However, Williams, who visited on weekends, was counted as a 'substitute father', thus disqualifying the aid. The ruling verified that the term 'father' did not include substitute fathers, and was reaffirmed by the Supreme Court.

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* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=392&page=309 King v. Smith, 392 U.S. 309 (1968), FindLaw]