Obama administration to begin processing Social Security payments to same-sex couples

[JURIST] The Obama administration announced [press release] Monday that the Social Security Administration (SSA) [official website] will begin processing payments to surviving spouses of same-sex married couples [JURIST backgrounder]. In a brief statement, Press Officer LaVenia LaVelle said, "I am pleased to announce that, effective today, Social Security is processing some widow's and widower's claims by surviving members of same-sex marriages and paying benefits where they are due. In addition, we are able to pay some one-time lump sum death...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/12/obama-administration-to-begin-processing-social-security-payments-to-same-sex-couples.php

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