Source: http://pomsresource.org/poms/2018-01-27/PR-01115.036/state-law-legitimation-inheritance-rights-provisions/diff
Timestamp: 2018-12-13 16:44:33
Document Index: 771899820

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 202', '§ 404', '§ 216', '§ 404', '§ 216', '§ 404', '§ 216', '§ 404', '§ 29']

POMS PR 01115: State Law Legitimation/Inheritance Rights Provisions
This change was made on Jan 26, 2018. See latest version.
PR 01115.036: North Carolina
Effective Dates: 07/01/2016 - Present
Effective Dates: 01/26/2018 - Present
TN 51 (07-16)
To be eligible for CIB on the earnings record of an individual who died fully or currently insured, a claimant must be the individual’s “child.” See Social Security Act (Act) § 202(d)(1); 20 C.F.R. § 404.350(a)(1).1 “Child” includes “the child” of an insured individual. Act § 216(e); 20 C.F.R. § 404.354; Astrue v. Capato, 132 S. Ct. 2021, 2027 (2012). A claimant may show he is “the child” of a deceased insured individual, within the meaning of section 216(e)(1), by meeting the requirements listed in section 216(h)(2)(A) of the Act. See Capato, 132 S. Ct. at 2028. Under section 216(h)(2)(A), a claimant is considered “the child” of the insured individual if the claimant could inherit the insured individual’s intestate personal property under the law of the State in which the insured individual was domiciled when he died. See Act § 216(h)(2)(A); 20 C.F.R. § 404.355(a)(1), (b)(1), (b)(4); POMS GN 00306.055A.1; Capato, 132 S. Ct. at 2028; Schafer v. Astrue, 641 F.3d 49, 52 (4th Cir. 2011).
NH’s death certificate indicates he was domiciled in North Carolina when he died. Therefore, we look to North Carolina intestacy law to determine whether Claimant is NH’s child for CIB purposes. See Act § 216(h)(2)(A); 20 C.F.R. § 404.355(a)(1), (b)(1), (b)(4). Under North Carolina’s intestacy law, a surviving child is entitled to a share of a decedent’s personal property not disposed of by will and not distributed to a surviving spouse. See N.C. Gen. Stat. Ann. §§ 29-13(a), 29-14(b)(1), (b)(2), 29-15(1), (2), 29-16(a)(1).2 North Carolina intestacy law states in pertinent part that a child born out of wedlock shall be entitled to take by, through and from:
* the insured individual acknowledged in writing that he was his child,
* a court decreed the insured individual to be his father prior to the insured individual’s death,
* a court ordered the insured individual to contribute to his support prior to the insured individual’s death, or
* the insured individual is his natural father and was living with him or contributing to his support at the time the insured individual died.
Mary A. SloanRegional Chief Counsel
By: __________Rebecca RinghamAssistant Regional Counsel
By: __________Joseph P. Palermo, IIIAssistant Regional Counsel
By: __________Brian C. HubertAssistant Regional Counsel
By: __________Richard V. BlakeAssistant Regional Counsel
By: __________Natalie K. JemisonAssistant Regional Counsel
By: __________Jennifer L. PatelAssistant Regional Counsel
By: _________________Laurie G. RemterAssistant Regional Counsel
Mary A. SloanRegional Chief CounselBy: _________________Joseph P. Palermo, IIIAssistant Regional Counsel
***(3) If the tests show that the alleged parent is not excluded and that the probability of the alleged parent's parentage is between eighty-five percent (85%) and ninety-seven percent (97%), this evidence shall be admitted by the court and shall be weighed with other competent evidence;
Mary A. SloanRegional Chief Counsel, Atlanta
Michael S. FeintsteinAssistant Regional Counsel