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2013-06-03 |
BERSAMIN, J. |
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| It is clear from these statutory definitions of dependent that the civil status of the employee as either married or single is not the controlling consideration in order that a person may qualify as the employee's legal dependent. What is rather decidedly controlling is the fact that the spouse, child, or parent is actually dependent for support upon the employee. Indeed, the Court has adopted this understanding of the term dependent in Social Security System v. De Los Santos,[27] viz: Social Security System v. Aguas is instructive in determining the extent of the required "dependency" under the SS Law. In Aguas, the Court ruled that although a husband and wife are obliged to support each other, whether one is actually dependent for support upon the other cannot be presumed from the fact of marriage alone. | |||||