My younger child has my ex-husband's last name. He is not her father. She gets Social Security from him due to her last name and he is on her birth certificate. But she also gets child support from her real father. A lawyer in court told me this is legal in the state of Louisiana.
The issue is my ex didn't want to sign papers stating she is his real daughter and the real father didn't sign to say no! She gets from both recently as the real father had a paternity test too see if she is his. Now I get from both. Should I report the situation to the Social Security office or just stop child support!
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This is certainly an unusual situation and you do not want to place yourself in a position to have to repay any of this money if it turns out it was not entirely "legal".
Do the smart thing and get ahead of the game by going to the SSA and get the correct information so you will know where you stand should any other problems arise in the future.
Dont say anything to social security until you speak to your lawyer. I dont think anyone here can give you the correct answer
Talk to an attorney and SS. But SS has nothing to do with child support. You can get child support even from a step parent, and you can get SS from a step parent. You just can NOT get SS from both a parent and step parent at the same time.
Yes i received SS first then then ghe chuld support started. Either way , SS benefits she has been getting since age 5.
Thank you
you definitely want to get it sorted lest you get accused of fraud, something that they're clamping down on a lot. I understand it is not fraud but an unfortunate circumstance but the bureacrats might have something else to think about it
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