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Family Benefit Maximum
November 21, 2022
If My Benefit Amount Increased Shouldn't My Family Maximum Also Increase?
October 30, 2022
Could My Wife And I Be Over The Family Limit If I Wait Until Age 70 To Claim Benefits?
June 30, 2022
Will Our Family Maximum Be Based On My Husband's FRA Benefit Or His Benefit Amount When He Finally Retires?
March 23, 2022
Is There Any Way To Avoid My Son's Benefit Being Cut When My Wife Applies For Spousal Benefits?
February 22, 2022
Does The Family Maximum Benefit Change When Someone On SSDI Reaches Full Retirement Age?
January 5, 2022
How Do I Determine How My Child In Care Spousal Benefit Will Affect My Son's Benefit Amount?
November 26, 2021
Is It Correct That My Spousal Benefits Are Limited By The Family Maximum?
November 17, 2021
When I Retire Will Social Security Supplement My Wife And Son's Current Benefits Up To Half Of My Amount?
September 17, 2021
How Does The Family Maximum Work If A Disabled Child Is Getting His Own SSDI Benefits?
June 25, 2021
Can You Give Me An Estimate Of Our Family Maximum Benefit And The Amount My Son And I Would Receive?
January 16, 2021
Will Social Security Combine My Wife's And My Family Maximum Benefit Amounts?
November 18, 2020
Does The Combined Family Maximum End When There's No Longer A Simultaneously Entitled Child?
August 21, 2020
Is It True That The Family Maximum Could Reduce The Benefit Rates Payable To A Widow And Disabled Adult Child?
July 1, 2020
If We Lose Benefits Due To Earning Too Much Will Our Family Maximum Increase At FRA?
April 2, 2020
Will The Family Maximum Still Be Split Evenly If The Survivors Live In Different Households?
February 16, 2020
Can My Wife Get Child In Care Benefits Without Having To File For Her Benefits?
January 21, 2020
Will Social Security Give My Son Disabled Child's Benefits From My Record?
November 5, 2019
Will The Upcoming Increases In The CFM Allow My Wife's Child-In-Care Spousal Benefit To Increase?
February 5, 2019
Will My Wife And Child Receive 50% Of My PIA As Long As Our Benefits Don't Exceed The Family Limit?
October 19, 2018
Can You Point Me To The Specific Rule That States The Amount Payable Can Exceed The Family Maximum?
October 17, 2018
Would My Wife And Daughter Both Get Half Of My Full Benefit Rate If I File At Age 62?
September 19, 2018
Is There A Benefit Of Waiting Until Age 70 To Start Drawing My Soical Security?
September 17, 2019
Is There A Maximum Amount That Each Member Of A Couple Can Receive On Their Own Accounts?
June 5, 2019
Did The Increase In My Benefit Rate Cause My Sons' Benefit Rates To Be Reduced?
August 4, 2018
Can My Daughter Get Her Full DAC Amount And Still Get Benefits On Her Own Record?
May 20, 2018
Would It Make Sense To Discontinue Child Benefits Just Prior To Unsuspending My Benefit?
May 19, 2018
Can You Exceed The Family Maximum Benefit If You Are Receiving Delayed Retirement Credits?
January 10, 2018
How Do I Determine If My Son Is Dually Entitled Or Simultaneously Entitled?
November 27, 2017
Which Family Member's Benefit Is Reduced If The Family Maximum Limits Benefit Payments?
About the Author
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor and Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. Kotlikoff is the Director of the Fiscal Analysis Center.
A New York Times Bestselling author, he has written nineteen books and hundreds of professional articles and op-eds. He is a frequent television and radio guest. His columns have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Financial Times, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo.com, Fortune, and other major publications. In 2014, The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists