U.S. Supreme Court,
Family
Jan. 12, 2012
Justices to decide definition of 'children’ under the Social Security Act
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether there is life after death.
Judith Daar
Dean-Elect, Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University
This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide if there is life after death. Though sounding in existential inquiry, the question is more practical than paranormal, plumbing the eligibility of posthumously conceived children to receive Social Security insurance benefits as dependents of their predeceased genetic parent. The financial life of these children, some 100 of whom have applied for support to date, hangs in the balance. As science triumphs in extending the viability of frozen sperm...
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