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Auxiliary Benefits and Child Support
Do Social Security disability auxiliary benefits count as child support? Can my benefits be garnished?
Disability benefits through the Social Security administration often provide additional support for the family members or dependents of people with disabilities. These resources are invaluable in a family's time of need.
Do I Have to be Disabled for a Year to Apply?
Understanding the ins and outs of Social Security Disability benefits can be challenging, but applying for benefits may be the answer to financial woes when a serious medical condition prevents or reduces income from employment.
Where are the best ODAR offices to apply for disability benefits?
If you suffer from a disability and find yourself unable to work, you may be able to receive disability benefits through the Social Security Administration (SSA).
These benefits can help you pay for your medical expenses and everyday costs of living.
Top ODAR Offices
After you initially apply for disability benefits, the SSA may deny your application based on a lack of sufficient medical evidence or a variety of other factors.
Luckily, this decision can be appealed, during which the SSA will reconsider your application and approve or deny it.
What happens if I try to go back to work?
Going Back to Work
If you’re on disability, then you’ve come to count on your monthly benefits as a consistent source of income to pay bills and take care of everyday living expenses for your family.
The thought of trying to return to work may be exciting to you, but it can also be fear inducing if you’re uncertain how working will affect your benefits.
How do I Prove a Back-Pain-Based Disability?
If you suffer from a disabling medical condition, you may be able to receive financial assistance in the form of disability benefits. These benefits are available through the Social Security Administration (SSA) and can help cover the costs of medical treatment and everyday living.
Some conditions, such as severe back pain, may make it more difficult for you to prove your disability to the SSA. If you have a back-pain-based disability and are seeking to apply for disability benefits, there are certain factors you should be aware of.
How Can a Social Security Attorney Help Me?
How Can An Attorney Help Me?
When you or a member of your family becomes disabled, the financial hardships imposed can seem overwhelming. The loss of income of a wage earner, the expenses of ongoing medical treatment, and concerns about everyday living expenses for your family are just a few examples of the worries you may experience.
Social Security disability benefits can be a viable solution.
Are Baby Boomers Affecting Social Security?
How will Baby Boomers Affect Social Security Disability Benefits?
If you currently receive disability or if you may need to apply in the future, then you understand that these benefits can be essential to making ends meet as a family.
The prospect of anything causing benefits to decrease or disappear is a frightening one, but Social Security programs, including disability, are more secure than you might think.
Am I Going to Lose Benefits in 2016?
Are Disability Benefits Being Cut?
Disability benefits are available to Americans who are disabled or unable to work due to a medical condition. The Social Security Administration (SSA) pays disability benefits to help cover the costs of everyday living expenses and medical bills. Over the years, there has always been talk of disability benefits being cut due to the lack of government funding. A recent congressional act has halted this from happening in 2016.
File-and-Suspend Benefit Maximization for Couples
Social Security Changes affect File-and-Suspend Benefit Maximization for Couples
The “File-and-Suspend” method of maximizing Social Security retirement benefits has been used by married couples for decades. Recent budget bill changes passed by Congress however phase out this process by closing the “loophole” in Social Security regulations that allowed spouses to increase their Social Security income as a couple.
