DORAN v. SCHWEIKER

No. 80-4408.

681 F.2d 605 (1982)

Kyle DORAN, a minor, by his next friend, Doris Clark, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Taren, Santa Cruz, Cal., Bruce Douglas Gillies, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jerry J. Bassett, Asst. Regional Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, SKOPIL and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

The issue in this case is how much support an impoverished father must contribute to render his illegitimate posthumous child eligible for Social Security Child's insurance benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 416(h)(3)(C)(ii).

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Kyle Doran, an illegitimate child, claims entitlement to Social Security Child's insurance benefits. To establish eligibility, he must prove that his father, at death, was "contributing to the applicant...

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