Ask Larry

Can I Get Back Pay For My Child For The 4 Years That I've Been Drawing Benefits?

I've been collect SSA since I was 62 years old. Now I'm almost 66. When I applied for SSA, no one told me that I can collect benefit for my kid. At that time she was 3 years old. I also never receive any papers that indicated I could collect. Now a friend of my just apply for SSA, they told him that he can claim benefit for his child until 18. I found this out when he told me. I really don't know this before. I'm going to see SSA agency in the next 10 days. If this is true, can I request to collect SSA for my kid benefit since 4 years ago? as a prorate (lump sum) until today? Thank You.

Hi,

Social Security retirement benefit applications contain a question that asks whether or not you have any children who are under age 18 or disabled, so I don't know what went wrong in your case. Anyway, unless a protective filing of some sort was established for your daughter or if you could establish a deemed filing date based on misinformation (https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0200204008), any back pay for your daughter would be limited to 6 months prior to the month in which you file her application.

Best, Jerry

Category: 
Posted: 
Mar 13 2018 - 7:48am
MaxiFi software running on a laptop
Get What's Yours!
Discover tens of thousands in extra retirement dollars with Maximize My Social Security software!
  • Find your maximized strategy
  • Unlimited what-ifs
  • Step-by-Step filing instructions
  • Our software's lifetime-benefit increase for an illustrative couple earning $65K each and planning to take retirement benefits at 62.

    Results will differ based on your specific case and filing strategy.

Getting Started is Easy
Web-based software. Works on ALL browsers. No download.