Recently, Alycia Kennedy wrote an article onthe different legal issues stemming from posthumously conceived children. Onefocus of her article is the state’s laws on Social Security and how it affectswho is eligible to receive benefits after a parents passing. States are behindin addressing the possibility of posthumous conception. As a result, state lawfails to protect these children. Kennedy shares her perspective on the creationof uniform standards for Social Security eligibility and proposes that childrenshould take benefits if the sperm donor agreed to provide for the child and thechild was conceived within four years of the father’s death.
See Alycia Kennedy, The Argument for a Uniform Standard of Eligibility for Posthumously Conceived Children, Boston College of Law Review, (2013).
Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (Professional Legal Marketing (PLM, Inc.)) for bringing this article to my attention.
