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Federal court rules same-sex partners are entitled to receive Social Security survivor’s benefits

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recommendation issued by a Magistrate Judge J. Richard Creatura in January that the courts rule against the Social Security Administration, on the grounds that it erred when it denied Helen Thornton, a 65-year-old Washington State resident, survivor’s benefits after she applied for them following the nationwide legalization of marriage equality in 2015.

The Social Security Administration previously argued that because same-sex marriage was illegal in Washington State until 2012, and Thornton’s partner of 27 years, Margery Brown, died in 2006, Thornton should not be considered eligible for Social Security benefits.Thornton, who is semi-retired and takes care of animals to supplement her own most monthly income form Social Security, sued,.

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