Social Security benefits for child concieved 2 years after father's death?

[reefraff]

So the woman decides to use the deposit her husband made before getting chemo treatments 2 years after his death. Should she get death benefits for the kid?
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/49...child.html.csp

 

[stdreb27]

Dude I love it. Stories like this make me want to be a lawyer.

 

[reefraff]

Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3287248
Dude I love it. Stories like this make me want to be a lawyer.
Ain't that the truth. Amazing some of the things they find to sue over.

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3287251
Ain't that the truth. Amazing some of the things they find to sue over.
But it really is his child... After death with ____ he left her for that reason...

 

[cranberry]

Geez.... I think conception at time of death should at least be a criteria.

 

[bionicarm]

If they do a DNA tests, whose DNA will they find in the child? If it's his dead father's, why shouldn't he be allowed to collect on his SS? Wouldn't this guy's SS be compared to paying child support?

 

[meowzer]

WOW....this is a real iffy one.....all of the above could be considered in this too

 

[bionicarm]

You want screwy lawsuits, move to Germany. This cop won a lawsuit for 'time off' because he had to spend 15 minutes before and after every shift putting on his uniform...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38243717...d_news-europe/

 

[stdreb27]

I love situations that I have no idea what I think about it....

 

[lovethesea]

ss benefit is only for living children of deceased. Like Cranberry said the child should have already been conceived before death. Not after

 

[reefraff]

Originally Posted by bionicarm
http:///forum/post/3287262
If they do a DNA tests, whose DNA will they find in the child? If it's his dead father's, why shouldn't he be allowed to collect on his SS? Wouldn't this guy's SS be compared to paying child support?
Then what if she got the semen from an anomynous donor who happened to die? DNA would show the father had indeed died.
She made a decision to conceive the child after the husband died.
The death and disability parts of Social Security are insurance benefits. This would be like trying to insure your house after it burned down.