When a disabled individual receives Social Security disability insurance benefits (also known as DIB, SSDI or Title 2 benefits), their spouse or minor children may also be eligible to receive Social Security benefits. These benefits paid to the spouse or minor child are called “auxiliary benefits.”
Wait a minute, I’m on SSI, but my kids didn’t get any Social Security benefits.
Whether a spouse or children receive Social Security benefits depends on which Social Security benefits the spouse or parent is receiving. There are two kinds of Social Security disability benefits: Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Note: Even though only “Social Security Disability Insurance” uses the word “disability,” both programs provide Social Security benefits for disabled individuals. However, only Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) has auxiliary benefits.
This means you have to be receiving SSDI for your spouse or children to receive auxiliary benefits. If you are on SSI, you are the only person who can receive benefits because there are no auxiliary benefits for SSI.
See my other articles on auxiliary benefits are other types of Social Security benefits you may not be aware of.
ok so my daughters father is receiving ssi but he has never worked, everytime i have applied for child support or ssi i have been denied, i need to know if my child is eligible for her half of benefits
I have modified the article slightly to make it clearer that there are no auxiliary benefits in SSI cases.
So this is the question me and my fiance are wondering. The father of her child is on SSDI, and recently after a DNA test he was proved to be the father. The child which we are speaking of lives with us in a different state(Maine) to the fathers New York. So would our son be under the guidelines to receive these auxiliary benefit's?
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If I have legal guardianship of my nephew (age 13) and my sister is receiving SSDI due to a mental condition, can I apply to receive the benefits for his caretaking? My sister has been told that she could receive benefits for him, but unless she gets to keep it, she won't apply for it, saying that the SS office told her it was only if he lived with her. Is that true or could I apply for him? THANKS
I am not aware of a requirement that a child has to live with the disabled parent to be eligible for auxiliary benefits.
The only thing hiccup might be the dependency requirements. The regulations say a child has to be “dependent” on the parent (http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/404/404-0350.htm). However, being a natural child of the disabled parent automatically makes the child dependent (http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/404/404-0361.htm).
So, it seems that a even if a child is out the disabled parent's household and not receiving support from the disabled parent, the child is still considered dependent.
Contact your local Social Security office and see what they tell you.
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i will soon be receiving my daughter's father's ssdi benefits after settling custody case. he has another daughter from previous marriage that receives ssdi benefits too. she will soon be turning 18. will my daughter's benefits increase then? will she get her sister's share of ssdi benefits?
i meant my daughter's ssdi benefits.. not her father's.
Its until either 18 or when they graduate high school… its divide among the children… once she is out of the system you would have to contact Social Secutiy for them to take action this can take anywhere from 6 to 12 months to complete… its not as easy as it sounds
if you have legal guardianship then no she is right about that only if he lives with her can she get a benefit on him..
money payment
Ending up finding this answer out when we went to court. Not much as all actually…we were entitled to 6 dollars a month. Not complaining about the lack of payment, but you would think a man who had a child could help out a little. Doesn't matter at this point. I have decided to go ahead and adopt him..offically for the record make him my real son
Hello, my two children just found out that they are eligible to receive auxiliary benefits. My ex husband was disabled (after our divorce) for three years in the early 90's (unknown to me) while my children were little. My question is am I also eligible to receive these past due benefits because I had full custody and care? My ex didn't pay child support while he was disabled. I was on welfare at the time. I have been told that I was eligible at the time that he was disabled but now it is too late. Why would it be too late for me to collect but not too late for my children?
i was just awarded ssdi. im 33 and ss said my children dont “qualify” for auxillary benefits because i havent made enough income “limits”??? they are 4,7. & 10. pls help
I have only seen this problem when an individual is not actually receiving SSDI — they are only receiving SSI.
When this problem comes up, it may be worthwhile to check the type of benefits received with Social Security.
I received a letter in the mail saying my daughter may be eligible for auxiliary benefits,but she is 28yrs old and on ssi. I will be on disability social security can this even be true?
That uh… doesn’t make sense to me. It may have just been an automatically generated form letter. However, it would probably be worthwhile to contact SSA to see what’s up.