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Statutory Constables and Justices of the Peace under a Section 218 Agreement and Social Security

The state of Nebraska had a section 219 agreement with social security to provide state employees with federal old age…

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Full-Time Student with a Stipend and Social Security

C was a twenty-year old individual who was a full-time student who was attending an accredited school to become an…

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Full Time Student in Athens Greece (the Birthplace of Democracy) and Social Security

C became entitled to child’s social security insurance benefits based on her parent’s earnings record. Her entitlement ended when she…

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Copyright Royalties and Social Security

An author, J, received royalties from a textbook which he copyrighted and revised from time to time. Each time he…

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Section 218 Agreements Between a State and Social Security

The state of Michigan challenged a finding that a state worker’s wages were covered social security earnings. The state had…

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Exploring Other Alternatives to Termination in Juvenile Court Cases

Mother was a minor child who lived with her parents (the child’s Grandparents) and five siblings. Tragically, her oldest sister…

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Right to Appointed Counsel in Parental Rights Termination Cases in Utah

K.A.S. was born in 2008. The child’s mother and her husband, the child’s stepfather, filed an adoption petition in district…

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Adoption Jurisdiction and Venue in Utah

Father and Mother had a brief romantic interlude in early 2014, which resulted in Mother becoming pregnant and giving birth…

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Township School Bus Drivers and Social Security

School bus drivers in a township in Indiana were hired pursuant to standard written contracts to transport children to and…

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Lord Mansfield’s Rule and Social Security Benefits

H married W in 1954 and separated from her shortly thereafter, never to live with her again. W had four…

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