Anderson v. Commissioner of the Department of Human Services

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• holding that the Department of Health and Human Services was not foreclosed from correcting an overpayment after it had failed to take action to correct the overpayment within the time allotted by administrative regulations
• adding that \[a] misunderstanding will not support application of equitable estoppel\
• estoppel warranted only when misleading conduct of one party induces other party to rely to his detriment
• Requirements in federal statute and in federal and state regulations that agencies administering AFDC program “promptly” take steps to correct overpayments are directory.
• Requirements in federal statute and in federal and state regulations that agencies administering AFDC program \promptly\ take steps to correct overpayments are directory.
• \statutory provision requiring an act to be done within a certain time are directory and not mandatory or jurisdictional unless the statute manifests a clear intent to the contrary\

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