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MORETTI v. BOWEN

No. 86-2520 Summary Calendar.

806 F.2d 1238 (1986)

Beverly MORETTI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Doyle, Jr., Port Arthur, Tex., plaintiff-appellant.

Marguerite Lokey, Dallas, Tex., Bob Wortham, U.S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Beverly Moretti appeals, on behalf of her son Chad, the district court's affirmance of the Secretary's denial of surviving child's benefits. Because substantial evidence supported the Secretary's decision, we affirm.

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Chad Moretti was born on October 15, 1970. His natural parents, Beverly and George Schutt, Sr., divorced on May 3, 1971. The divorce decree awarded care, custody, and control to Beverly Schutt...

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