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Choosing Witnesses to Testify at Your Hearing
If you disagree with the county about any facts important to your case, you may want to have one or more witnesses testify at your hearing.
Choose witnesses who have personal knowledge of the facts. In other words, choose people who actually saw or heard what happened.
Choose witnesses who can testify about facts which are important (relevant) to the issues to be discussed at your hearing. To identify the facts important to your hearing, look at the Notice of Action for the reason(s) the county took the action that led to your hearing request (e.g., denied your application, stopped your benefits, computed an overpayment). You may also ask the county representative.
Example: If a county contends a child no longer lives in your home, you may ask neighbors, relatives, friends or others who know have recently seen the child in your home, to testify at your hearing.