Boyd v. Bowen

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Laverne Boyd and her two children brought this action to recover Mother’s Benefits and Surviving Child’s Benefits un*626der 42 U.S.C. §§ 402(d) and 402(g). The District Court1 accepted the recommendation of the magistrate2 that the Social Security Administration’s denial of benefits be upheld. We affirm.

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William Boyd, the husband of Laverne Boyd and father of Pamela Boyd and William Boyd, Jr., disappeared on October 2, 1976, while on a fishing trip with a companion on the Mississippi River. Searchers found the anglers’ car and boat trailer at a launch site on the…