Order Granting Rehearing En Banc and Vacating Decision May 15, 1996.
POSNER, Chief Judge.
A dependent child of a wage earner is entitled to "child's insurance benefits" under the Social Security Act if the wage earner is insured under the Act and dies, becomes disabled, or reaches the age of 65. 42 U.S.C. § 402(d). Problems of determining entitlement sometimes arise when the wage earner dies and was not married to the child's mother. The Act contains...
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