KING v. CALIFANO

Civ. A. No. 79-377-A.

484 F.Supp. 861 (1980)

Mary S. KING v. Joseph A. CALIFANO or Patricia Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States.

United States District Court, M. D. Louisiana.

February 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vanue B. Lacour, Lacour & Calloway, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Mitchell B. Lansden, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., for defendant.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHN V. PARKER, District Judge.

The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402, provides for payment of Surviving Child's Insurance Benefits to "dependent children" (as that term is defined by law) of deceased insured wage earners. A legitimate child is "deemed dependent upon his father" but an illegitimate child (with some exceptions noted infra) is required to show that the father...

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