If your husband or wife dies, you may wonder if you can receive Social Security benefits based on your spouse’s contribution to Social Security.
This is especially important if your spouse made more money that you did, or if your spouse was the sole earner and you did not work.
Many people worry that if they cannot receive [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Survivor’s Benefits’
Can you receive Social Security benefits if your husband or wife dies?
When do Social Security children’s benefits stop?
A child may be entitled to receive Social Security child’s benefits if a parent dies. These are called survivor’s benefits.
However, under Social Security Regulations (20 CFR 404.352), the entitlement to child’s benefits may end for any of the following reasons.
Can a child get Social Security benefits if a parent dies?
Children can be entitled to receive Social Security child’s benefits if the deceased parent was fully insured by Social Security and if they meet 5 tests:
The child is the insured person’s child. See §§404.355 through 404.359;
The child is dependent on the insured. See §§404.360 through 404.365;
The child applies for benefits;
The child is [...]
My child turned 16, and my benefits were stopped
If a parent dies, the surviving spouse may be eligible for benefits if he or she is caring for a the deceased’s child and the child is under 16 years old or disabled. These are called Mother’s and Father’s benefits. See 20 CFR Section 404.339 for more information.
Mother’s and Father’s benefits are separate from the survivor’s benefits [...]
Survivors’ benefits for widow/ers and children
Survivors’ benefits are a type of Social Security benefits paid to surviving family members when someone dies. This may include benefits paid to the widow(er), parents or children.
In my experience, not a lot of attorneys take survivors’ benefits cases so it is difficult to get your questions answered:
Am I, or my children, eligible for survivors’ [...]
