My ex wife has SSDI; she is the custodial parent. Will her Social Security insurance cover my kids getting braces and pay 100% of the cost?
I am about to apply for Social Security Disability. In my mind, I have been eligible for 12 years, but have continually been turned down. The head of the heart transplant team at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City even sent a letter saying I had to have a transplant or I would die. (I did improve so that the transplant was not necessary). But I still can't work enough to earn a living. Do you have any tips for me on how to meet their requirements and document my medical condition? I really need help! Thanks in advance!
Coreen,
If you have been turned down more than once by the SSA, I suggest that you contact a lawyer whose speciality is disability claims.
MikeL
I have a problem!
I had a heart attack and back injuries in 2001. I was not able to return to work. I was told my a number of doctors. It took till 2006 for me to get SSDI benefits. Before I had SSDI Benefits I had a long term Insurance that I had though work. They were paying me a monthly income from 2001 till 2006. It was based on 60% of my working salary.
If someone is on Social Security disability in the state of Virginia, when they die does the widow have the option of getting his income as opposed to hers? I know some women get their husband's benefits, but does that apply to Social Security disability as well?
By Kateland
My son was hit by a car last year and suffered a broken leg and major tissue loss to that leg. He is walking with a crooked leg and will need numerous surgeries in the future for the skin replacement. He can't run without falling. He has pain due to the weather and I have trouble finding him shoes that fit his foot comfortably. Does he qualify for disability?
By Sherry
I am currently receiving Social Security disability benefits. Is my child eligible to receive monthly benefits?
By Mike
I was on SSDI before my ex and I broke up. When I moved out on of the first things I did was visit the Social Security office to see if I could get more funds added to the children's benefits, because I didn't think the current amount was enough to support them. In the two years now, that I haven't lived with them, my ex has yet to get a job, and has been living off of their SSDI benefits. Since she hasn't moved since we split, I know that her monthly rent exceeds the combined amount of both the children's SSDI checks.
Any time she starts to feel a pinch, (like when our daughter needed glasses, and more recently when she was/is behind in her rent), she calls my mother to complain that I don't pay child support, and that the SSDI isn't enough. Is there anything that can be done to ensure my children are being cared for financially? We never went to court for custody, or visitation, should I go that route instead?By Michael B.
I have a daughter that has cerebral palsy and receives SSI. Can my 2 year old who was just diagnosed with autism apply for SSI?
By supermom from Los Angeles, CA
How can I find out if my ex-wife cashed a Social Security check that was intended for my son?
By Earl
My son is living with his mother who is disabled. They both receive SS checks. If he comes to live with me will he still receive his SS check?
By Jeff from Leeds, ME
I have been receiving survivor's benefits from my deceased husband who was the stepfather of my children. Now my children's biological father has been approved to receive SSDI. Can I still get the survivor's benefit amount from the stepfather and also receive the SSDI benefits from their natural father?
By Shirley K
My daughter got a check from her dad's disability until she graduated high school in June. Can she get it back being a full time student in college?
By Elizabeth
If my child's father signed his rights away; will my child still receive Social Security benefits?
By Dianna
My deceased wife drew disability and so did our adopted daughter. Is my daughter still eligible for benefits?
By t.d. from Albertville, AL
The father of my daughter applied for and is receiving Social Security disability. We never married, but we live together we have been going through rough times and it's time to separate. Our daughter is 3. When he started receiving benefits they told him that our daughter is eligible. Well we are just waiting for the check. My question is now that we are separating who gets the money?
By Tania
My daughter's biological father received SSI Disability. If the courts relinquish his parental rights, will she still receive benefits?
By Mary
My father past away when I was 11 years old from cancer. He was receiving benefits and it stopped when he passed. People would tell my mother that she could still receive benefits for the children (4 of us all underage), but she never went to apply.
We are all adults now and some say we can still ask for those benefits, kind of like back pay. I personally don't think we can just because we are all adults. Is there any truth to that?
By Marissa G
I had 1 SSN# from 1972 to 1996. I got new card with a change of birth year and my name changed, and place of birth to get away from my abusive husband who wanted to kidnap my child and take out of country. Now I am disabled and getting disability. The SSA cut my check by $500 monthly and wants proof of pay stubs or W2 from 1972 to 1986. I have tried the SSA and the employment office and others. What do you suggest? Oh, where I worked for 12 years 1972-1986 is no longer in business and the owners are deceased. Can you help me?
By Sonia
I am the youngest of 13 kids from my mother and father, and my father had one child from another woman he never married. I am 25, unmarried and the child, my brother, is 15.
My father is dying and I am in the process of filling out a disability application. My father's name isn't on my little brother's birth certificate. My father isn't feeling too well to go to the courts for the petition papers. Would it matter if I put his name on the application or not since his name isn't on the birth certificate? If my father doesn't make it in to sign the petition of paternity papers, can he, still receive benefits?
By lala loopsy
My son turned 16 in March. I was getting mother's benefits for him. In November I got a letter from Social Security saying that I would lose the benefits if he is not disabled. I made a disabled claim in November. They said that was all I needed to do.
Well I lost a check in March, so I called Social Security. They said, now I need a proof letter from his doctor saying that he needs full time care. They did not tell me that for 5 months and they did not tell me they declared him disabled.
By Bonnie
