Legal Opinion
Roush v. Director of the Division of Employment Security
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 23, 1979PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The question before us is whether an individual eligible for unemployment compensation may obtain a dependency allowance under the Employment Security Law for a wholly dependent stepchild. The controversy centers on the construction of that portion of G. L. c. 151 A, § 29 (c), as amended through St. 1974, c. 755, § 1, which in pertinent part provides that an "otherwise eligible” unemployed individual is also entitled to a $6 weekly dependency allowance "for each unemancipated child of such individual who in a benefit year is in fact dependent upon and is being wholly or mainly supported by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Breault v. Ford Motor CompanyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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3Cited by6 opinions
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