Legal Opinion
Margaret CHESTER for Christopher O. CHESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 5, 1987No. 86-5005PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff appeals from summary judgment affirming the Secretary’s denial of social security benefits. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
On October 25, 1978, plaintiff, Margaret Chester, filed an application for surviving child’s insurance benefits on behalf of her son, claimant, Christopher O. Chester, based on the social security earnings record of the deceased wage earner, Brad Montgomery. The application was denied initially and on reconsideration because the plaintiff failed to show that the wage earner had acknowledged his paternity in writing, or that the wage earner was the…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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