WTF Story of the Day: Dead man's post-mortum sperm bank baby's social security claim denied
In today's WTF story, a United States Circuit Court of Appeals denied a mother's claim when she tried to apply for social security benefits from the dead father of her child, who was born via in-vitro fertilization through his sperm that was extracted after death and implanted 4 years post-mortum. The ruling cited the reason for the denial being that the girl was not dependent upon the social security money at the time of his death in 1995. After his death, his sperm was taken and frozen where in 1999 his widow gave birth to the daughter.
(Sources: AZ Central 'No Benefits for LA girl born from dead man's sperm'. Associated Press. Jun. 18, 2009 09:52 AM)
Unfortunately the above article did not cite why the mother applied for 'Child Surivor' benefits from the Social Security Administration when the child was born 4 years after the father's death. The ruling should not come as a surprise to anyone; however given the fact that the mother waited almost 4 years after her husband's death to have the child and subsequently file for the benefits should provide sufficient explanation for the woman's general state of mind.
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- News Source: The Mercury News | 5 months agoA 10-year-old girl conceived from the frozen sperm of a dead man cannot receive his Social Security benefits, a federal appeals court ruled...Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's rejection of child survivor benefits for Brandalynn Vernoff,...
- News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 5 months agoA U.S. appeals court says a California girl conceived from the frozen sperm of a dead man cannot receive his Social Security benefits...Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision Wednesday, ruling the girl wasn't dependent on her father at the time...
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- Blog Source: www.noosoop.comShortly after his death, his wife, Gabriela Vernoff, extracted his sperm and gave birth to Brandalynn in 1999. Gabriela Vernoff, who lives in Baldwin Hills, was denied a claim for child survivor benefits in 1999 with the Social Security ...
- Blog Source: blogs.kansascity.comNo Social Security for girl conceived with dead man's sperm. Four years after the man died, no less. The story is from California, which says that kids have to be conceived within a year of Dad's death, if they want to claim his Social ...
- Blog Source: calapp.blogspot.comThe wife then applied for Social Security survivor benefits on behalf of the child, and the Ninth Circuit held that, yep, the child was indeed the child of the deceased father, so he got benefits. The Social Security Administration ... But in the
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Post a Comment Comments: 13
Think of the can of worms that would have been opened if she had won.
And, oh yeah, by the way WHY did you wait four years to have the kid. I'd love to hear the explanations when the kid is older. :)
And, oh yeah, by the way WHY did you wait four years to have the kid. I'd love to hear the explanations when the kid is older. :)
No kidding! 4 years after his death? Why the dead dad's sperm? Wouldn't live action be a much more fun way of getting pregnant? Such a crude story, but just some completely bizarre, I had to post it. It seems pretty obvious that waiting 4 years isn't going to get you any type of benefit. That poor little girl is going to have a completely distorted upbringing and sense of self.
Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall when the mother explains where Daddy is and how she came to be? :)
What a out of the ,unbelievable story.Science seems to have gone way ahead!
Maybe it's the dad reincarnated through his own sperm, imagine that, in which case, he/she definitely has the right to collect his own social security. He had to wait four years to reincarnate so the constellations would influence his personality astrologically to give him the necessary traits/issues for this next round of lessons. Hey, anything is possible, but proving this could prove a challenge, eh?? For curiosity sake, it would be either interesting or entertaining to hear the mother's side of the story and why the wait and why the procedure. Speculation on her story could prove boring commentary.
Nothing wrong with that. She decided she liked her dead husbands sperm and wanted to have a child. Maybe it took her a while to get around to doing it. A couple of years in mourning another to get back on her feet and bam, baby time. And maybe her husband was just a really good person who's genes/sperm she trusted. I'd like my wife to use my sperm after I was dead, I think. Applying for social security might be pushing it though.
In Australia they used to have the Single Mother's Pension that was paid
by the Centrelink and the women were encouraged to have children out of
wedlock Few years ago the Liberal government in Australia abolished the
mother's pensions and forced the mothers to take jobs or go on the dole.
In case of a job they can leave the kids either with a carer who would get a carer's pension from Centrelink, in case the kids are eligible for
preschool they can be taken to any preschool centers which are free from
the government. 19/6/2009.
by the Centrelink and the women were encouraged to have children out of
wedlock Few years ago the Liberal government in Australia abolished the
mother's pensions and forced the mothers to take jobs or go on the dole.
In case of a job they can leave the kids either with a carer who would get a carer's pension from Centrelink, in case the kids are eligible for
preschool they can be taken to any preschool centers which are free from
the government. 19/6/2009.
Human nature is sometimes unexplainable!
I have absolutely no idea in this case. It makes completely no sense to me, but maybe she was operating under what Changez said too. I can't imagine to be in her place, but if my husband died, no length of mourning would ever prepare me to have HIS child after his death. If something were to have happened while I was carrying the child and then he died, of course I would carry it to term. I think what really questions her motivation to have the child here though is the fact that she did apply for those benefits. It just doesn't seem to go hand in hand with someone who had a baby because she loved her late husband and wanted a reminder of him through a child- 4 years after death. I don't know. Death makes people to crazy things- for love, or because they're just insane. This case we'll probably never know, although speculating is definitely interesting.
Well, I just hope I'm never in a position where my husband dies at such a young age.(Don't we all?)
Well, I just hope I'm never in a position where my husband dies at such a young age.(Don't we all?)
True stenhund, she may have gone crazy after the husband died and used his frozen sperm thinking how rich she may get. She should have donated it to the sperm-bank where lot of women including lesbians living in the same sex marriages can go and be impregnated. 20/6/2009.
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