410.When is a surviving child entitled to child's insurance benefits?

A surviving child is entitled to child's insurance benefits if the conditions below are met:

1. The worker-parent died either fully or currently insured;

2. The child is the child of the deceased;

3. The child is:

   1. Under age 18;

   2. Under age 19 and a full-time elementary or secondary school student; or

   3. Age 18 or over and under a disability as defined in §507.1 (which began before age 22); and

4. The child was dependent upon the deceased parent (see§§ 334-337 for the dependency “tests”);

5. The child is not married; and

6. An application for child's insurance benefits is filed. (See §511 for completing application forms.)

   NOTE: An application is not required if the child was entitled to child's insurance benefits on the deceased parent's earnings record for the month before the month in which the parent died.