Legal Opinion
Schafer v. Astrue
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 12, 2011No. 10-1500PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge AGEE joined. Judge DAVIS wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Don and Janice Schafer married in 1992. Don died the next year. With the help of in vitro fertilization, however, Janice gave birth to W.M.S., Don Schafer’s biological child, a number of years later. Janice Schafer then applied on W.M.S.’s behalf for survivorship benefits under the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C. § 402(d) et seq.
The Social Security Administration rejected W.M.S.’s claim. Because under its view natural…
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