Feds Rule Civil Union Children Get Benefits
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The federal government has ruled that the Social Security Administration must extend benefits to the children of partners in same-sex unions even if the parent is not biologically related.
The U.S. Department of Justice opinion was in response to a case involving a Vermont couple. It says that the federal Defense of Marriage Act does not exclude the nonbiological child of partners in a same-sex union from receiving benefits.
The October 2007 opinion was made public this month.
The opinion refers to two Vermont women who entered into a civil union in 2002 and later tried to pass on the nonbiological parent's disability benefits to their child born in 2003.
The U.S. Department of Justice opinion was in response to a case involving a Vermont couple. It says that the federal Defense of Marriage Act does not exclude the nonbiological child of partners in a same-sex union from receiving benefits.
The October 2007 opinion was made public this month.
The opinion refers to two Vermont women who entered into a civil union in 2002 and later tried to pass on the nonbiological parent's disability benefits to their child born in 2003.
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