Social Security Benefits

Qbanita asked:


If a father has custody of his 2 kids and receives social security benefits for those same 2 kids, can he put the other parent on child support for them?

Social Security Benefits

hotpocket454 asked:


My grandpap died today and i can’t find anything on the internet about the American Legion or Social Security benefits for those who had died. I’m looking for something that would help my family pay for his funeral, casket, etc.
any help would be greatly appreciated

Social Security Benefits

lily asked:


my father died when i as 4 years old, since then we have lived mostly off of social security benefits.
my question is,

is that the governments money (like welfare) or is that money that my father once earned?

Social Security Benefits

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EDIT.Do U think illegals should GET Social Security benefits and drivers licenses and the right to vote,?

Social Security Benefits

SOLO asked:


my dad be came disabled and was recieving disability from his employer in the beginning. once he was approved for social security benefits he stopped receiving disability. i was wondering if anyone knows if that is right. to stop recieving one because he is getting another? please help

Social Security Benefits

Claysphere Rivera asked:


General public opinion had generated the belief that Social Security is designed exclusively for retirement. Contrary to this misconception, Social Security System offers a variety of programs that cater not only benefits for retiring individuals but also programs providing assistance for the disabled including their dependents.

This article focuses on Social Security program, particularly survivor’s benefits. More specifically, the article gives a thorough exposition of the fundamentals of Social Security survivor’s benefits claims.

Foremost, a brief discussion about Social Security survivor’s benefits is worthwhile.

Social Security survivor’s benefits are designed to provide the much-needed income to the surviving family members of a qualified decedent making their lives sustainable at least.

Not just anybody can apply for this kind of benefits. The Social Security Administration had provided constitutive requirements for a survivor benefit claims.

The survivor’s eligibility is gauged based on the decedent’s earning record showing his work, payment of social security taxes and earned work credits. The work credits are crucial in this respect because it would be made the basis for the survivor’s entitlement of this particular kind of social security benefit.

Worthy to note however, under a special rule, if you are only “currently insured” at the time of your death and relatively have only 6 credits in the 13 quarters prior to your death, your children and your spouse can still receive this benefits.

On the other hand, if you have determined your qualifications for benefits it would be wise to apply promptly, especially if you are not yet a recipient of social security benefits. This is for the reason that the benefits are paid from the time of application and not from the time that the worker died.

The application for benefits generally requires relevant information such as the following:

• the proof of death;

• Social Security number of the applicant as well as the deceased worker;

• marriage certificate if applying as a divorced widow or widower;

• dependent children’s social security numbers if available including their birth certificates;

• deceased worker’s W-2 forms or federal self-employment tax return for the most recent year; and

• the name of the bank and account number of the applicant so that the benefits can be deposited directly in the account

Some of the requirements mentioned above can be dispensed with especially to those who have already received Social Security benefits. However, it is essential to report the death with the Social Security office so that update and changes of payment would be made.

With reference to the amount of survivor’s benefits, the same relatively depends on the earnings of the person who died. The more the worker paid into Social Security, the greater your benefits will be.

Take notice that, there is a limitation to the payment of benefits to the survivor members each month. The limit varies, but is generally between 150 and 180 percent of the deceased’s benefit amount.

More so, reduction of benefits can be halted on the following situations:

• To those who get a pension from work that was not covered by Social Security, like the federal civil service, your Social Security benefit may be reduced.

• Those who are working and have been receiving Social Security survivor’s benefits and are younger than full retirement age, the benefits may be reduced if your earnings exceed certain limits.

However, the reduction of benefits affects only the survivor concerned and not the benefits of other family members.

A special rule applies to those who remarry. Generally, widow or widower’s benefits are not given to those who remarry before age 60.

However, remarriage after age 60 (or age 50 if disabled) will not hold the survivor from getting benefit payments based on the latter’s former spouse’s work.

At age 62 or older, the survivor may get benefits based on his/ her new spouse’s work, if the benefits are higher.

Like any other claim under the whole spectrum of Social Security, claimants are given the right to dispute the findings or decision of the Social Security Administration.

An appeal, to be specific, is given to the claimants. The latter process entails complex situations that need another careful elaboration.

The key thing in all types of claims is the right of the claimant to confer with a Social Security lawyer of their choice.

For credible information and expert representation on your survivor benefits claim, log on to our website and seek the assistance of our Los Angeles Social Security attorneys.



Glen

Ashish Jain asked:


Disability of any form is a curse to humanity. It not only demeans a person’s ability to earn livelihood but sometimes also brings him social disrespect. Thus, disability exists not physically only, but also in the minds of the people who constitute our society.

You must have come across various cases, when an efficient employee of an organization was thrown out because he suffered from a kind of disability, and now his family does not even have enough resources to continue even a minimal livelihood.

Disability can bring you to a sorry state. But to safeguard the rights of disabled ocial security benefits are provided by the government. Under the Social Security Act disability is defined as the inability to perform any substantial activity, due to a medically determined mental or physical impairment.

To be eligible to get social security benefits, you need to be disabled for a year. Social Security includes the combination of various impairments that one can suffer. To give you the benefit, all your medical records are collected and then they are carefully studied.

There are five major types of Social Security benefits to the disabled. Of them the disability Insurance Benefits is the most important. It is for the people who were working in the recent years, generally the last five years, and are disabled in the present.

Apart from this the disabled widow’s and the widower’s are provided with the social security benefits. A person who is 50 years of age and is disabled after the death of the spouse is eligible for this benefit. But the deceased wife or husband should have worked for enough number of years to get the benefits under the social security.

There are also social security benefits for the disabled adult children of the deceased parents . For this to happen the child should have suffered from disability before 22 years of age.

The disability insurance benefits due to the disabled Widow’s, Widower’s and children with disabilities, are paid to them, irrespective of their financial condition. These benefits are paid on the basis of the record of the social security earnings of the beneficiary. Despite this some other security income benefits, that are given in the form of supplement, are paid to the people who have a poor financial condition and are also disabled.

There is an easiest and the best way to file the social security benefits. You can go to a nearest social security office personally. The alternative way can be that the person may telephonically contact the social security office and then arrange an interview to file a claim.

The very common question that boggles everybody’s mind is what is the right time to file a security benefit. Should you wait for some time to claim the benefit or immediately do it? The answer to this query is that you can file for it on the very same day on which you became disabled. Do not make the mistake of waiting for months and years, after encountering disability.



Eric

Terry asked:


I receive 300 dollars each month from a pension. Next year I will collect social security. My neighbor says my pension will be cut in half when I start collecting social security benefits. Is he correct or will I still get the three hundred dollars each month?

Marion

bluedg85 asked:


Someone told me when you move to a different state your social security benefits can go down. Is there any truth in that?

Marilyn

T.s. asked:


Me, my husband, and my two children get social security benefits, and my 16 year old daughter wants to work, can she work without losing her benefits because she is under 18?

Shirley