alt.social-security-disability

Thanks Jack; yes, we meet all the criteria and will come into an arrears
payment as well, since I didn't know she was entitled and will be filing
retroactively, etc. The father is a fugitive from justice and behind on
child support over $60,000. Ain't life grand?
Thanks, and if this group is getting to be a stress on you, please take
it easy. The last thing anyone here wants is to be a bother to you. You are
our patron saint! :-)
Jim

"Jack" wrote in message
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> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:31:03 -0400, "Jim" wrote:
>
>> Hi Jack,
>> The issue is that MY children receive their mother's max, and I became
>>disabled and THEY were not able to collect from my record, only me. But
>>now,
>>I have remarried and have a stepchild whom I must support. SSA tells me
>>that
>>because my wife has a child that is not mine, that SHE can now collect the
>>additional up to MY max. It sounds terribly complicated, but reasonable.
>>After all, we do live in an age where the gubmint is trying to buy our
>>affections by showering us with largesse......
>
> /OP_Home/handbook/ /
>
> While your natural children are presumed dependent upon you (if not
> adopted by someone else), a stepchild must have received 1/2 of his
> support from you at certain times:
>
> 337. When A Child Must Be Dependent Upon Insured Parent
>
> (...)
>
> A. If the worker is entitled to disability insurance benefits the
> child must be dependent at one of the following points:
>
> 1. The beginning of the worker's period of disability;
>
> 2. . The time the worker last became entitled to disability insurance
> benefits; or
>
> 3. The time the application for child's insurance benefits is filed;
>
> (...)
> ________
>
> Your 2nd wife is entitled to spouse's bens. if she has this child in
> her care. In addition to meeting the requirements of a spouse, her
> benefits start after she has been married a year.
>
>
>>"Jack" wrote in message
>>news: @ ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, there is a provision called the "combined family maximum" in
>>> which the combined maxes can be used under certain circumstances to
>>> pay childhood benefits. Many moons have gone by since I was involved
>>> with benefit computations, and I no longer have the energy to try to
>>> interpret the current POMS. But if anyone's interested, here're two
>>> starting points:
>>>
>>> https:// /apps10/ /lnx/0300615770!opendocument
>>>
>>> RS Simultaneous Entitlement of Children on More Than One SSN
>>> _______
>>>
>>> https:// /apps10/ /lnx/0300615772!opendocument
>>>
>>> RS Determining the SSN Upon Which Benefits Will Be Paid
>>
>>
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