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Survivor Benefits

Does Social Security Owe Me Survivor Benefits?

I applied for my myself and my daughter age 8 at the time to recieve my husband benefits I was told I didn't qualify but my daughter did. When my daughter was about to turn 16 I recieved a letter stating the payments were about to stop due to her turning 16. As I write my daughter is 19. I called the SS office and still didnt get anywhere. Do they owe me for survivor spousal benefits?

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - 10:33

Is There A Difference Between A Widow's Pension And Survivor Benefits?

Hello,I will be 60 soon in March, I will be filing for benefits..is there a difference between widows pension and survivors benefits?

Hi. Widow's benefits are simply one category of Social Security survivor benefits. Other types of survivor benefits include child benefits, parent's benefits, child in care mother's and father's benefits, etc. Each type of survivor benefits has different eligibility requirements, and each type of survivor benefits has it's own rules for calculating benefit rates.

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Sunday, January 23, 2022 - 13:23

What Should I Do?

My survivor benefits were cut after 4-5 yrs, I care for our daughter who has a Disability and is 17yrs old and still attending High School. Also she have other 3 kids all over 18 that doesn’t attend high school and never Graduated what should I do

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Sunday, January 16, 2022 - 08:11

Would I Possibly Qualify for Widower Benefits?

Hi Larry, I wanted to learn more about the widows and widowers program from social security and would I possibly qualify? I am 49 years old and my wife passed away six years ago. At the time, our son was 18 months old. I’ve fortunately been able to raise him as best I can without his mom but since being laid off things have become more difficult. Additionally, I think almost being 50 has not helped in my job search. My son does receive monthly social security payments based on my wife’s work history.

Thanks,
Mark

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - 16:46

Can My Brother Claim Child In Care Survivor Benefits?

Larry, my sister-in-law, passed away last year at age 50. She and her surviving ex-husband, were the same age (he is now 51). They have three children, one of whom is under 16 (he's 11) and is currently collecting monthly survivor benefits on his mother's record (I believe it comes to 75% of her benefit amount; the other two children are over 18). My questions: Can the surviving ex-spouse also collect survivor benefits (which I believe would also be 75% of her benefit), given that he is now the sole caretaker of their young son who is under 16?

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Saturday, January 8, 2022 - 11:33

Is It True That I Can't Be Paid Any Survivor Benefits?

I was with my husband for 20 yrs. Married 7. He died at 35. My income was more than his. I am on disability so they said I can't claim survivor benefits. We had no children. That was in 2001. Is it true I can't get survivor benefits?

Hi. I'm sorry for your loss. I'm assuming that you were still married to your husband at the time of his death, since you would need to have been married for at least 10 years to potentially qualify for survivor benefits as a divorced spouse.

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Saturday, January 1, 2022 - 09:14
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