Me and my husband married in '02, divorced in '11, and then remarried in '13. He passed away the other day, but while we was split up he had another child by someone he never married, not 100% on paternity. Will she receive benefits for the child or will she have to prove paternity? We have a 12 yr old and a 4 month old together.
By KS
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First of all - these are two entirely different cases. You only need to know about you and your children as any other child by another person should have nothing to do with your benefits. ONLY the Social Security office can give you any correct information.
You should have applied for your benefits as soon as possible after your husband's death as nothing is retroactive. Benefit date is the day you apply as your benefit letter approving or disapproving should state.
The other child - as I see it - has to be handled by the surviving mother and she will have to apply and follow SS's instructions to prove who the mother and father are. Whatever happens with her case should not have anything to do with your case. I do not see that as being something you should be concerned about. Maybe I am looking at it incorrectly?
The way I see it is she should care because childrens benefits are split by how many children there are. For example while married to my ex he had two kids and we had 1. When each child was added the same amount was split 3 ways then as they stopped being eligible due to being 18 the other two's amount increased now our child is the only one receiving benefits.
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