My daughter just found out that her child's father passed away. He had never seen his daughter, but he did pay support for her through the court. How does my daughter go about getting her child survivor benefits? She has no information on him such as Social Security or death certificate, she also does not know any of his family. How can she get information to apply? SSA states they cant help her unless she can provide this information.
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Check the child support court records for their information.
Thank you we did this. All they could do is give her the court documents. Still not very useful. She still needs death certificate and ss for him. We cant seem to get any help very frustrating. My daughters little girl is almost four she really deserves to be able to get help to raise her.
You do not say whether your daughter was married and divorced but I feel sure that your daughter can get all the information she needs if support was ordered to be paid through the court as it could be assumed the child was eligible (proved to be his child).
I believe your daughter should try to file through the SS office so she has a "begin" date and may be able to receive benefits from that date after she is able to prove her case (that she is eligible).
It seems your daughter should take all relevant papers about the support payments to the court and find out what she has to do next.
You have to have proof of paternity or he had to have signed the birth certificate. Otherwise there isn't any proof that the child is his.
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How is it that child support was being taken out but she has absolutely nothing on him? If SSA cannot assist her, she knows nothing about his family....hmmm this could be tough. Here's a few options: 1. Start with the child support office. If they were taking out cs on him then she should have the cs decree. As well they should have her contact information. Tell her not to call, go down there with her daughter's bc, paperwork from cs, her (mom) ID and be prepared to sit a while. 2. His obituary will have the name of the funeral home on there.
Anyone can call and order a copy of a death certificate from their state. Also, after a period of time, social security nunbers are public record (they are on ancestry.com even).
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