United States Eighth Circuit

Social Security Administration's interpretation of regulation 20 C.F.R. Sec. 404.336 to exclude the cash value of household services in determining a stepparent's support for a child was not inconsistent with the regulation or plainly erroneous, and the district court erred by not deferring the Administration's interpretation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/16/2004
• Published 06/16/2004

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephanie R. Marcus, argued, Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant/cross-appellee., JoAnne Hager Ottmar, argued, Jamestown, ND, for appellee/cross-appellant.