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
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Only the Social Security Administration can answer your questions. You can find some information via their website but should have all of your questions answered by visiting their local office.
You'll need to do this very quickly - step one is to videotape your father claiming your half-brother as his flesh and blood son.
Step two is to get an attorney moving quickly to petition the court to have your dad recognised and the birth certificate amended. He/she can use the tape to prove your father was of sound mind, etc, and trying to sort out a sad family situation before his passing.
Step three is to thank-God your dad is a good enough man to be trying to sort this before he dies. Many don't.
I'm praying for your family to be strengthened during this very difficult time.
Frugal Sunnie certainly gave you excellent advice.
Try to follow these steps quickly as it will be very difficult to make changes after your father dies. The birth certificate will have to be changed but this may still require proof/DNA that your father is, in fact, his father.
There will probably have to be some kind of proof of this as there are - sad to say - some people who do this kind of action (illegal) just to obtain benefits for someone.
Only an attorney can help with this situation but the SS office may be able to offer good advice on how to do this change.
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