Key legal question
Whether the prior failure to hear the recipient before issuing the restitution order required annulment.
Extracted holding
The hearing defect was cured in the internal appeal proceedings because the reviewing authority had full cognizance and the appellant could fully comment there.
Extracted reasoning
The defect was not of such severity as to bar cure; the appellant was not surprised by the recovery claim, could be heard in the administrative appeal, and no special factors excluded healing.