I regularly receive questions about auxiliary Social Security disability benefits. Often these questions are from divorced persons who are struggling with the cost of raising a child, while the disabled, non-custodial parent has not been cooperative with regard to auxiliary benefits. Recently I received the following question: i have a 15 yr old son. my [...]
I regularly receive questions from unhappy Social Security claimants who are facing the prospect of having to send their lump sum Social Security disability checks to their LTD carriers. Many LTD policies, especially group policies, include provisions that offset LTD payments by any amount received by Social Security. In other words, if the LTD benefit [...]
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I get a lot of questions from mothers who are caring for the children of fathers who are out of the picture. Susan’s situation is a fairly common one so I will answer it here: My 11 year old daughter’s father has just been approved for disability. I’m not sure if it is SSI or [...]
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I am disabled due to Avascular necrosis, fibramyalgia, and arthritis, I have undergone 7 surguries in past 4 years and have several more to go. I am an RN, so I made good money before moving to part time work then to being unable to work. My husband makes between 65,000-70,000 a year, we have [...]
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