Taylor v. Chater

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.

Claimant Karen Taylor (“Ms. Taylor”) appeals from a final judgment of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“the Secretary”) 1 awarding Child’s Insurance Benefits (“CIB”) to the stepchildren of a Disability Insurance Benefits (“DIB”) recipient. Ms. Taylor challenges the Secretary’s findings that the recipient’s four stepchildren meet the relationship and dependency requirements of the Social Security Act (“the Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 402(d), 416(e), and thus are entitled to receive CIB — resulting in a reduction of the benefits paid to the…