Stephens v. Federal Security Administrator

LINDLEY, Judge.

The complaint in this case seeks a reversal of defendant’s decision that plaintiff is not entitled to Child’s Insurance Benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 401 et seq. The facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff is the child of Iris Ray Stephens and Mary Jane Osborn, who were married May 16, 1942, in Danville, Illinois, and divorced on October 14, 1946, at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The divorce decree granted custody of plaintiff, who was then only 3% years old, to the mother, but ordered that Iris Ray Stephens “provide support for said minor child.” Stephens did not…