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where in the US tax code does it say you can get federal survivor benefits without a marriage certificate?actually you need a state to validate you marriage in order to quality for survivor and tax benefits.
No you do not. You simply need a contract. A state marriage certificate is such a contract. But a person could just have a survivor's benefits contract.
just ask a gay married couple how that is working out for them.
First the tax code has NOTHING to do with federal survivor benefits.
Second, you didn't previously limit your question to SURVIVOR benefits.. Survivor benefits surely do have limitations on them because they are in fact deemed to only apply to SURVIVORS , meaning family members.