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  • My ex-husband and I were married for 9 years we share custody of our 7 year old son.


  • I am a full time working mother with two school aged children.


  • I will be 66 in 18 months; my wife will be 42 at that time. We have two children, ages 5 and seven.


  • Your “Social Security Primer” reads “What workers may not realize is that their payroll taxes entitle their families to survivor’s benefits, providing life insurance


  • My daughter will serve as the guardian of our disabled son when we both pass away.


  • We have parental guardianship of our 12yr old great-granddaughter. My husband is disabled. Can our great-granddaughter receive S.S. benefits?


  • My husband receives a disability check, also our two-year old son. If I apply for SS Disability and become approved, will this affect my husband’s check and what about our son’s check?


  • My husband was collecting disability Social Security for a couple of years and just passed away this week.


  • Can our great-granddaughter receive S.S. benefits if my husband is disabled?


  • I am 50 years old and have been on Social Security Disability Insurance for two years. I can’t get any benefits for my daughter, who is 14.


  • My brother has child support arrears. Can his disability benefits be garnished?


  • If my case is approved, when they calculate my back pay will they also give me back pay for the children?


  • If I apply for SS Disability and become approved, will this affect my husband’s check and what about our son’s check?


  • The Department of Child Support Enforcement started garnishing my Social Security Disability Insurance benefit for child support arrears they claim I owed.


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