Poindexter v. State of Illinois

State: Illinois

Docket No: 104853 Rel

Case Date: 04/03/2008

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

ROBERT N. POINDEXTER et al., Appellants, v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Acting Through the Department of Human Services, et al., Appellees. Opinion filed April 3, 2008.

JUSTICE FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION This appeal arises out of the state's administrative efforts to recover from plaintiffs costs of their respective spouses' nursing home care. Rather than exhausting administrative remedies, plaintiffs filed a suit for declaratory and injunctive relief in the circuit court of Sangamon County. They asserted that the state spousal support provisions (305 ILCS 5/10

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