Legal Opinion
Jones v. Schweiker
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1981No. Nos. 81-1080, 81-1132PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
The Social Security Act provides monthly benefits to minor children of deceased Social Security wage earners, if they qualify, under the statutory definition, as dependents.1 Children whose parents were married to one another are automatically entitled to Surviving Child’s benefits upon proof of paternity (or of maternity. The two cases here considered together concerned deceased wage-earning fathers.) Children whose parentage is not so formally established, however, must meet one or another additional test.
Two of the ways such sons and daughters can establish…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gregory v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Trimble v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mathews v. LucasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Lalli v. LalliSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Jimenez v. WeinbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Lauretta Kay Smith, Ariana M. Smith v. Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Evelyn M. PARSONS, for Charles I. BRYANT, Jr., Infant, Appellant, v. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Jones by Jones v. HarrisMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Jones v. HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Adens v. SchweikerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
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