My grandson is 9 yrs old. His mother died recently at age 25. She only had 5 credits of work and we were told the cutoff for being insured is 6 credits. Is her son elegible for any partial credit or is he just out of luck because she didn't work and pay into Social Secrity an extra few weeks. She was an unemployed student at time of her death.
By Steve
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I am sorry for your sad loss and your grandson's great loss. The SSA is the only source for an answer to your question. However, if you have not already, you can ask to speak to a supervisor or manager to be certain you have the correct information.
It seems you have already consulted the SSA but it would not do any harm to try again. It does appear that your grandson will not receive any SS benefits but there is still lots of help in other areas.
You do not mention the child's father but maybe this would be a good time to ask for help from that area.
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