Jones v. Heckler

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

In Jones v. Schweiker, 668 F.2d 755 (4th Cir.1981), vacated sub nomine Jones v. Heckler,-U.S.-, 103 S.Ct. 1763, 76 L.Ed.2d 339 (1983), we had for decision the question of whether a child whose parents were not married would, under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 416(h)(2)(A), qualify as a dependent entitled to certain social security benefits. The statute establishes that one is qualified if, for the purposes of taking in intestacy, he would be entitled to share according to “such law as would be applied in determining the devolution of intestate personal property by…