ROUSH v. DIRECTOR OF THE DIV. OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY


377 Mass. 572 (1979)

387 N.E.2d 126

EDWARD C. ROUSH vs. DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Scharaffa, Assistant Attorney General (George Matthews with him) for the defendants.

Ann Baum (Robert H. Smith with her) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


ABRAMS, 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. 151A, § 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...

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