Legal Opinion
Brenda BOLDEN for Gervase BOLDEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 3, 1989No. 88-2087PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The child of a person qualified to receive social security disability benefits who dies is entitled to survivors’ benefits under the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 402(d)(3), 416(h). The child need not be legitimate; but if not, the decedent must either have been living with the child or contributing to the child’s support. See 42 U.S.C. § 416(h)(3)(C)(ii). In 1973 Brenda Bolden applied for survivor’s benefits on behalf of her son, Gervase Bolden, claiming that his father was the recently deceased Thurman Palmore, a qualified wage earner under the Social Security…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Califano v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Bowen v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Schweiker v. HansenSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Valere Poulin v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Charles PURTER, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary Dept. of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Julian DIAZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Thomas Eads, Jr. v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Johnson v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Johnson v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Carol A. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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