Legal Opinion
Cynthia JONES, for Ivory B. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 26, 1996No. 96-1849PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
A dependent child of a wage earner is entitled' to “child’s insurance benefits” under the Social Security Act if the wage earner is insured under the Act and dies, becomes disabled, or reaches the age of 65. 42 U.S.C. § 402(d). Problems of determining entitlement sometimes arise when, as in the present ease, the wage earner (Ivory Claxton) dies and was not married to the child’s mother (Cynthia Jones). The Act contains an exhaustive list of methods of establishing entitlement to child insurance benefits in such a case: proof that the wage earner would have been married to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Mathews v. LucasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich CollieriesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Steadman v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Mavourneen Doherty v. City of Chicago, Graham C. Grady, Judith C. RiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Harrison Fagan v. Odie Washington, Warden, and Roland W. Burris, Attorney General of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Blackwell v. Cole Taylor BankCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Gildon, Jacqueline v. Astrue, MichaelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
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