My wife is filing for SSDI and I was wondering if my daughter (who is receiving benefits along with her brother from my SSDI) could switch to her mom's account since there is currently a split of my benefits between the two. If she was to get on her mom's account, both she and my son would get more benefits. I do not know if it matters but my son lives with my ex-wife, who is his representative payee. Thoughts or comments?

Hi,

If your children qualify for benefits on both your record and your wife's record, they must both draw on the higher record. However, in that event, your family maximum benefit amount could be combined with your wife's family maximum to free up more total benefits to be paid to the children.

Best, Jerry