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DOJ: Children of Same-Sex Couples Entitled to Social Security Benefits (comments

Started by Natasha, June 17, 2008, 06:34:55 PM

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June 17, 2008, 06:34:55 PM
DOJ: Children of Same-Sex Couples Entitled to Social Security Benefits

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2008/06/doj-children-of.html
6/17/2008

"The Social Security Administration can pay benefits to the nonbiological child of a woman in a Vermont civil union, according to a new Justice Department opinion. Federal law allows such payments even though the Defense of Marriage Act doesn't let the federal governnment recognize same-sex relationships."

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