Jobst v. Richardson

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOHN W, OLIVER, District Judge.

I

This case involves a challenge to a provision of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402(d), which, in effect, provides for child’s insurance benefits for a child who marries a person who is eligible for Social Security benefits but discontinues child’s insurance benefits for a child who marries a person who is ineligible to receive Social Security benefits.

Plaintiff contends that that provision, which forced the termination of his child’s insurance benefits, is unconstitutional in that it denies him equal protection of the laws in…