Madison v. Richardson

E. GORDON WEST, District Judge:

This action is brought pursuant to the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), seeking review of a final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, which denied the plaintiff’s application for children’s insurance benefits. Plaintiff filed this suit individually and on behalf of her minor child, Linda Faye Brown.

The relevant facts are undisputed. The deceased wage earner, Richmond Brown, began living with the plaintiff in 1948 and they maintained that relationship until 1959. They never married. During this period of cohabitation six children…