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> Social Security Mother's or Father's Insurance Benefits
Program Description:
These are benefits paid to the surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse of an insured worker.
General Program Requirements:
To qualify for this benefit program, you must meet all of the following requirements:
- Be unmarried
- Meet the marriage duration requirement
- Have in your care the deceased??s child who is under age 16 or disabled and entitled to child??s insurance benefits (for a surviving divorced mother or father the child must be their natural or legally adopted child)
- Not be entitled to a higher Social Security retirement benefit on your own record
- Not be entitled to a widow??s or widower??s benefit
- Be finally divorced from the deceased worker.
Status
Active
Loan Terms:
Not Applicable
Application Process:
If you would like to find out if you may be eligible for any of the benefits SSA administers, visit http://best.ssa.gov Once you have completed the eligibility screening questionnaire, you will be provided with a list of benefits for which you may be eligible. Print this page for your records before going to the application site.
Once you know which benefits you can apply for, to apply online, go to
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/applyonline/
You can also call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY: 1-800-325-0778) for additional information about SSA benefits and for application information.
Program Contact Information:
For more information on this and any SSA benefit, call:
1-800-772-1213 (TTY: 1-800-325-0778)
Visit our Publications page for detailed information about SSA programs and policies:
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/
Managing Agency:
U.S. Social Security Administration
http://www.socialsecurity.gov
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