Posthumous
A U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia has sided with a New Jersey woman who’s seeking Social Security benefits for twins born after her husband’s death.
Karen Capato’s husband died of cancer in 2002, but because he froze his sperm, Capato was able to conceive her twins through invitro fertilization after his death, the Associated Press reports. Now a federal judge must reconsider the case. Capato must now prove her children were dependent or “deemed dependent” at the time of her husband’s death.
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