C.G.A. v. State

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

I. PACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

C.G.A. is a minor who has received social security survivor’s benefits from the time of his father’s death. Social security regulations require that a representative payee (“payee”) be appointed for most minors who receive survivor’s benefits. 20 C.P.R. § 404.2010(b) (1990).1 Here, the Social Security Agency (“SSA”) originally designated C.G.A.’s mother, Ida Jousma, as C.G.A.’s payee. While serving as C.G.A.’s payee, Jousma received $150 per month from SSA for the benefit of C.G.A.

In December of 1987, when he was fifteen, C.G.A. was…