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RODRIGUEZ v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, ED. & WELFARE

No. 80-1381.

644 F.2d 918 (1981)

Maria RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyssette Morales Vidal, P. R. Legal Services, Caguas, P. R., with whom Manuel Medina Jaca, Rio Piedras, P. R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

John W. Wojciechowski, Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Md., with whom Julio Morales-Sanchez, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Randolph W. Gaines, Chief of Litigation, and Lillie Price, Atty., General Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Md., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Maria Rodriguez challenges the Secretary's denial of Social Security child benefits for her adopted son. Lorenzo Santiago, Ms. Rodriguez's husband and the insured wage earner, became eligible for retirement insurance benefits in January 1966. In May 1975, a child was born to Ms. Rodriguez's sister. One year later, Lorenzo Santiago and Maria Rodriguez adopted the child, who was thereafter known as Antonio Santiago. It is undisputed...

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