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Combining College Credits for a Child Social Security Beneficiary

C was 20 years old and was attending college, taking 6 hours per semester at X State College and 6…

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Sovereign Immunity and a Social Security Appeal to Federal Court

Plaintiff applied for disability and was denied. He appealed the initial decision and the reconsideration determination and was granted a…

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Proper Use of Benefits by a Social Security Representative Payee

R resided in a nursing home where she received long-term care. Her son, P, was appointed as her representative payee…

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Good Cause or No Good Cause? You decide — Social Security Appeal

R was a medical doctor who applied for old age social security insurance benefits in 1960. His application was denied…

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Multiple Streams of Self-Employment Income and Social Security

Tyndall and his wife resided on a farm until 1960, when they gave the farm to their two sons. In…

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Misnomer in Divorce Decree and Spouse’s Social Security Benefits

J became entitled to social security retirement benefits in October 1958. His wife, A, became entitled to wife’s social security…

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Reinstatement of Wife’s Social Security Benefits

A woman’s birthdate was April 1901, so her normal retirement age for social security purposes was April 1966. She became…

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Deemed Spouse for One Year and Social Security Benefits

R married B in 1912 in Ohio. Many years later, in 1941, L underwent a marriage ceremony to R in…

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Financial Support and Child’s Social Security Benefits

R, a fully insured worker, died in Maryland in 1964, leaving behind five illegitimate children. The children’s mother, W, filed…

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Establishing Paternity for Child’s Social Security Benefits

R and W commenced living together in 1958 and continued living together for about one year before they separated. They…

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