Old Age and Survivor's Insurance
Child's Insurance Benefits
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SSR 60-1. Child Married and Divorced
Before Filing Effective Application
SSR 61-18. Effective Date of Adoption
Where Adopting Parent Dies After Interlocutory Decree But Before Final
Decree
SSR 61-30. Irrevocable Surrender of Child
to Person Who Agrees to Raise Child
SSR 61-52. Change of Circumstances Shortly
Before Worker's Death
SSR 61-64. Legitimation of Child by
Intermarriage of Parents
SSR 62-53. Relationship — Effective
Date of Legitimation of Child by Intermarriage of Parents
SSR 63-15: Section 202(d). —
Termination of Entitlement to Child's Insurance Benefits —
Attainment of Age 18
SSR 63-28: Sections 202(d), 216(e), and
216(h)(2)(A). — Relationship — Adopted Child's Rights of
Inheritance from Natural Parent
SSR 65-18: Section 202(d). — Child's
Insurance Benefits — Legal Adoption Instituted by Worker in or
Before Month Period of Disability Began
SSR 65-20c: Sections 202(d)(1), 216(e),
and 216(h)(2). — Definition of "Child" — Equitable
Adoption
SSR 65-35: Section 202(d). — Child's
Insurance Benefits — Legal Adoption by Claimant Entitled to
Disability Insurance Benefits
SSR 65-36c: Sections 202(d) and
216(h)(2)(A). — Relationship — Legitimation Under California
Law
SSR 65-51: Sections 202(d) and 205(a).
— Finality of Decision — Reopening on Basis of New and
Material Evidence — Good Cause
SSR 66-2: Sections 202(d), 216(e), and
216(h)(2)(A). — Relationship — Adopted Child's Right of
Inheritance from Natural Father — Dependency Requirement
SSR 66-14: Section 202(d). — Child's
Insurance Benefits — Dependency Requirement for Child Adopted by
Disability Insurance Beneficiary
SSR 66-43: Sections 202(d), 216(e) and
(h). — Relationship — Adoption of Adult by Surviving Spouse
After Worker's Death
SSR 66-46: Sections 202(d), 216(e), and
216(h)(2). — Child's Insurance Benefits — ILLegitimacy and
Acknowledgement or Recognition — Puerto Rico
SSR 66-47: Sections 202(d)(1) and
216(h)(3)(C). — Child's Insurance Benefits — Status of
Illegitimate Child Under 1965 Amendments — "Acknowledgment in
Writing"
SSR 67-3: Section 202(d). — Child's
Insurance Benefits — Dependency of Child Adopted by Old-Age
Insurance Beneficiary
SSR 67-22: Sections 202(d) and 205(a).
— Finality of Decision — Reopening on Basis of New and
Material Evidence — Good Cause
SSR 67-32c: Sections 202(d)(1), 216(e),
and 216(h)(2)(A). — Child's Insurance Benefits — Effect of
State Court Order of Paternity on Secretary's Determination of Status of
Child
SSR 67-33: Section 202(d). — Child's
Insurance Benefits — Reentitlement Between Ages 18-22 Following
Marriage and Divorce
SSR 67-49: Section 202(d). — Child's
Insurance Benefits — "Full-Time Student" — Student Paid While
Attending Technical School
SSR 67-51: Section 202(d)(8)(C). —
Child's Insurance Benefits — "Full-Time Student" — Foreign
School as "Educational Institution"
SSR 67-59: Sections 202(d)(1) and
216(h)(3)(C). — Child's Insurance Benefits — Status of
Illegitimate Child Under 1965 Amendments — "Court Order to
Contribute"
SSR 67-60: Sections 202(d)(1) and
216(h)(3)(C). — Child's Insurance Benefits — Status of
Illegitimate Child Under 1965 Amendments — Contributions Toward
Support
SSR 68-3: Section 202(d).—Child's
Insurance Benefits-Full-Time Student—Enrollee Under Manpower
Development and Training Act (Rescinded)
SSR 68-14: Section 202(d)(7). —
Child's Insurance Benefits — Full-Time Student — Simultaneous
Attendance at Two Educational Institutions
SSR 68-29: Sections 202(d)(1) and
216(h)(3)(C)(ii). — Child's Insurance Benefits — Entitlement
of Illegitimate Child — Evidence of Relationship
SSR 68-30: Section
202(d)(9).—Child's Insurance Benefits— Dependency of Child
Adopted by Old-Age Insurance Beneficiary (Rescinded)
SSR 68-43: Section
202(d)(7)(A).—Child's Insurance Benefits—Student Paid by
Employer During Full-Time School Attendance—Army Student Nurse
Program (Rescinded)
SSR 68-54: Sections 202(d)(1) and
216(h)(3)(C)(i)(I). — Relationship — Status of Illegitimate
Child — OUT-OF-Court Settlement as "Acknowledgment in
Writing"
SSR 68-55: Section
202(d)(8)(E).—Child's Insurance Benefits—Legal Adoption Beyond
Required 24-Month Period—Required Participation by Child-Placement
Agency (Rescinded)
SSR 68-56: Section
202(d)(8)(E).—Child's Insurance Benefits—Legal Adoption Beyond
Required 24-Month Period—Required Participation by Child-Placement
Agency (Rescinded)
SSR 68-68c: Sections 202(d)(1)(A) and
202(j)(1). — Application for Child's Benefits — Filing of
Application as a Condition of Entitlement — Retroactive
Effect
SSR 68-69: Section 202(d)(7)(B). —
Child's Insurance Benefits — Duration of Period of Deemed Full-Time
School Attendance
SSR 68-70a: Section
202(d)(9)(B).—Child's Insurance Benefits—Child Adopted After
Individual's Entitlement to Old-Age Insurance Benefits—Dependency
Requirements (Rescinded)
SSR 69-3: Sections 202(d)(1)(D) and
216(h)(3). — Relationship — Adoption of Illegitimate Child by
Natural Father — Adoption as a Terminating Event
SSR 69-15: Sections 202(d)(1) and
216(h)(2)(a). — Relationship — Disavowal of Paternity of Child
Previously Legitimated Under State Law
SSR 69-17: Section 202(d)(9). —
Child's Insurance Benefits — Dependency of Child Adopted by Old-Age
Insurance Beneficiary
SSR 69-55: Section 202(d)(1). —
Stepchild Relationship — Child's Insurance Benefits —
Termination of Entitlement
SSR 69-56: Sections 202(d)(1) and
216(h)(3)(C)(i)(II). — Child's Insurance Benefits — Status of
Illegitimate Child — Court Decree of Paternity
SSR 70-53c: Sections 202(d)(9)(B). —
Child's Insurance Benefits — Child Adopted After Worker's
Entitlement to Old-Age Insurance Benefits — Dependency
Requirements
SSR 71-1a: Sections 202(d)(1) and
202(d)(8) — Child's Insurance Benefits — Child Legally Adopted
After Worker's Entitlement to Disability Insurance Benefits —
Dependency Requirements
SSR 71-11c: Section 202(d)(1)(C) —
Relationship — Dependency of Stepchild — "Change in Support"
Situation — Validity of Regulation
SSR 71-41: Sections 202(d)(1)(D) and
216(h)(3). — Relationship — Adoption of a Child by Natural
Mother and Her Spouse — Adoption as a Terminating Event
SSR 73-1c: Sections 202(d)(3) and 202(j)
— (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(3) and 402(j)). — Applications —
Retroactivity Following Change in Law — Child's Insurance
Benefits
SSR 73-2: Sections 202(d)(3), 203(a)(3),
and 216(h)(3) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(3), 403(a)(3), and 416(h)(3)). —
Relationship — Legitimacy of Child — Acknowledgment Under
State Law — California
SSR 73-18c: Section 202(d)(5) (42 U.S.C.
402(d)(5)). — Disabled Child — Marriage to Old-Age Insurance
Beneficiary Prior to Entitlement as Child
SSR 73-21c: Sections 202(d), 202(j)(1),
205(g) and 223(d) (42 U.S.C. 402(d), 402(j)(1), 405(g), and 423(d)).
— Judicial Review — Disabled Child's Benefits — Appeal
from Administration's Refusal to Reopen — Retroactivity of
Application
SSR 73-26c: Section 202(d)(1) (42 U.S.C.
402(d)(1)). — Child's Insurance Benefits — Stepchild —
Termination of Entitlement
SSR 73-27: Sections 202(d)(3) and
216(h)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(3) and 416(h)(2)(A)). — Relationship
— Adopted Child's Right of Inheritance from Natural Father —
Dependency Requirement
SSR 73-52c: Sections 202(d)(1) and
216(h)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and 416(h)(2)(A)). — Relationship
— Rebutting Presumption of Legitimacy of Child Born in Lawful
Wedlock — Sterility of Alleged Father
SSR 74-2c: Sections 202(d)(1)(B) and
204(b) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1)(B) and 404(b)). — Child's Insurance
Benefits — Overpayment — Failure by Student to Report Earnings
— Waiver of Recovery
SSR 74-9c: Sections 202(d)(1) and 224(a)
(42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and 424(a)). — Disability — Reduction of
Child's Insurance Benefits Upon Worker's Receipt of State Workmen's
Compensation Payments — Constitutionality
SSR 74-16: Section 202(d)(8)(D)(ii)(III)
(42 U.S.C. 402(d)(8)(D)(ii)(III)). — Child's Insurance Benefits
— Adoption of Grandchild — Amended Dependency
Requirements
SSR 74-24: Section 202(d)(8)(D)(ii) (42
U.S.C. 402(d)(8)(D)(ii)—Child's Insurance
Benefits—Relationship—Definition of Child (Rescinded)
SSR 75-23: Section 202(d)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C.
402(d)(1)(B)) — Child's Insurance Benefits — Requirement for
Entitlement — Marriage Status at Time of Filing of
Application
SSR 76-1c: Sections 202(d) and (g) and
205(a) (42 U.S.C. 402(d) and (g) and 405(a)) — Survivor's Insurance
Benefits — Evidence of Death — Establishing Date of Death
After Absence of Seven Years
SSR 76-2: Section 202(d) and 205(j) (42
U.S.C. 402(d) and 405(j)) — Applications — Filing for All
Benefits
SSR 76-11a: Section 202(d) (42 U.S.C.
402(d))—Child's Insurance Benefits—Definition of Educational
Institution (Rescinded)
SSR 76-19: Section 202(d)(7) (42 U.S.C.
402(d)(7)) Child's Insurance Benefits — Student — Period of
Nonattendance
SSR 76-20c: Sections 202(d) and 204(b) (42
U.S.C. 402(d) and 404(b)) — Child's Insurance Benefits —
Overpayments — Child Over Age 18 No Longer Student
SSR 76-29: Section 202(d) (42 U.S.C.
402(d))—Child's Insurance Benefits—Felonious
Homicide—Effect of Jurisdiction by Juvenile Court-Maine
(Rescinded)
SSR 77-1c: Section 202(d)(1) and 216(e)
(42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and 416(e)) — Child's Insurance Benefits
— Stepchildren of Invalid Ceremonial Marriage
SSR 77-11: Section 202(d) and 216(h)(3)(C)
(42 U.S.C. 402(d) and 416(h)(3)(C)) — Child's Insurance Benefits
— Relationship — State Requirements and Evidence —
California
SSR 77-24: Section 202(d) and 216(e) (42
U.S.C. 402(d) and 416(e)) — Child's Insurance Benefits —
Legitimacy — Presumptions and Proof — Minnesota
SSR 78-10c: Sections 202(d)(1)(D) and
202(d)(5) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1)(D) and 402(d)(5)) Child's Insurance
Benefits — Termination — Marriage of Disabled Child to a
Non-Beneficiary — Constitutionality
SSR 78-19c: Section 202(d)(1) and (d)(4),
and 216(e) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and (d)(4), and 416(e)) — Child's
Insurance Benefits — Definition of Stepchild — Dependency Upon
Wage Earner While Natural Father Living
SSR 78-27: Sections 202(d) and 216(e) (42
U.S.C. 402(d) and 416(e)) Child's Insurance Benefits — Definition of
Grandchild — Adoption After Wage Earner's Death by Surviving
Spouse
SSR 79-1: Sections 202(d) and 205(a) (42
U.S.C. 402(d) and 405(a))—Child's Insurance Benefits—Effect of
Final Conviction of Child Over Age 14 of Felonious and Intentional
Homicide—Missouri (Rescinded)
SSR 79-2c: Sections 202(d)(1)(A) and
202(j)(1) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1)(A) and 402(j)(1)) Applications —
Filing Prerequisite to Entitlement — Retroactivity —
Estoppel
SSR 79-13c: Section 202(d)(1) and (7) (42
U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and (7)) — Child's Insurance Benefits —
Full-Time Student — Enrollment in Correspondence Course —
Estoppel
SSR 79-22: Sections 202(d)(1) and (3) and
216(h)(3)(C) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and (3) and 416(h)(3)(C)) —
Child's Insurance Benefits — Definition of Child —
Acknowledgement in Writing
SSR 79-29c: Section 202(d)(6) (42 U.S.C.
402(d)(6)) Child's Insurance Benefits — Reentitlement —
Marriage as a Bar to Reentitlement — Constitutionality
SSR 79-35: Title II — Illegitimate
Children Are Deemed Dependent If They Can Inherit Intestate Property from
the Insured Parent
SSR 80-4c: Section 202(d)(1)(B)(ii) (42
U.S.C. 402(d)(1)(B)(ii)) Childhood Disability Benefits —
Requirements for Entitlement — Onset of Disability Prior to Age
22
SSR 80-13: Title II: Status of
Illegitimate Children Under Maryland Inheritance Law Prior to January
1970
SSR 81-1c: Section 216(h)(3)(C)(ii) (42
U.S.C. 416(h)(3)(C)(ii))—Child's Insurance
Benefits—Entitlement of Illegitimate Child—Contributions to
Support—A Ruling of Nonacquiescence (Rescinded)
SSR 81-10c: Sections 202(d), 202(g),
204(b), 216(e), and 216(h)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 402(d), 402(g), 404(b),
416(e), and 416(h)(2)(A)) Survivors Insurance Benefits — Legitimacy
— Presumptions and Proof — South Carolina
SSR 81-11c: Section 202(d)(1) (42 U.S.C.
402(d)(1)) Annulment of a Voidable Marriage — Reinstatement of
Child's Insurance Benefits
SSR 83-36a: Section 202(d)(6) (42 U.S.C.
402(d)(6)) Child's Insurance Benefits — Reentitlement —
Marriage as a Bar to Reentitlement
SSR 83-37c: Sections 202(d) and
216(h)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 402(d) and 416(h)(2)(A)) Child's Insurance
Benefits — Presumption of Legitimacy of Child Born During Wedlock
— Effect of State Court's Determination of Legitimacy in Contested
Divorce Case
SSR 83-38a: Sections 202(d) and 216(e) (42
U.S.C. 402(d) and 416(e)) Child's Insurance Benefits — Relationship
— Definition of Child — Stepgrandchild
SSR 83-39a: Sections 202(d), 216(e), and
216(h)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 402(d), 416(e), and 416(h)(2)(A)) Child's
Insurance Benefits — Dependency of Child Adopted After Worker's
Entitlement to Old-Age Insurance Benefits — Estoppel —
Reliance by Worker on Information from an Official Source
SSR 83-44c: Sections 202(d)(1)(D) and
204(a) and (b) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1)(D) and 404(a) and (b)) Termination of
Entitlement to Child's Insurance Benefits — Voidable Marriage
Contracted in Texas — Effect of Annulment Granted in Arizona
SSR 84-1: Sections 202(d)(1) and (6) and
202(h)(1) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and (6) and 402(h)(1)) Annulment of a
Voidable Marriage — Effect on Entitlement or Reentitlement to
Benefits
SSR 84-3: Sections 202(d)(1) and
216(h)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and 416(h)(2)(A)) Relationship —
Disavowal of Paternity of Child Previously Legitimated Under State
Law
SSR 84-7c: Section 202(d)(1) (42 U.S.C.
402(d)(1)) Child's Insurance Benefits — Entitlement — Validity
of Marriage of Mentally Incompetent Individual — Illinois
SSR 84-15: Sections 202(d)(1) and
216(h)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and 416(h)(2)(A)) Child's Insurance
Benefits — Oral Acknowledgment of Paternity — Indiana
SSR 85-5c: Sections 202(d)(1),
223(d)(1)(A) and (d)(4) (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1), 423(d)(1)(A) and (d)(4))
Disabled Child's Benefits — Determining Whether Work Is Substantial
Gainful Activity — Averaging Earnings from Employment
SSR 86-16a: Sections 202(d)(3), 205(a),
216(h)(2)(A), and 216(h)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
402(d)(3), 405(a), 416(h)(2)(A), and 416(h)(3)(C)) Finality of Decision
— New and Material Evidence of Paternity — Res Judicata
SSR 87-1c: Sections 202(d)(1)(C) and
202(d)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1)(C) and
402(d)(4)) Child's Insurance Benefits — Stepchild — Dependency
Requirement
SSR 88-5c: Sections 202(d)(1), 216(e), and
216(h)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1), 416(e), and
416(h)(2)(A)) Child's Insurance Benefits — Determination of Status
of Child — Contract to Adopt — Texas
SSR 89-8c: Sections 202(d)(1), 202(g), and
216(h)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1), 402(g)(1),
and 416(h)(2)(A)) Relationship — Presumption of Legitimacy of Child
Born During Wedlock — Disavowal of Paternity —
Louisiana
SSR 89-9c: Sections 202(d)(1) and (3),
216(e), 216(h)(2)(A), and 216(h)(3)(C)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and (3), 416(e), 416(h)(2)(A), and
416(h)(3)(C)(i)(I)) Relationship — Child Born Outside of Wedlock
— Inheritance from Father — South Dakota — Written
Acknowledgment
SSR 91-6: Sections 202(d)(1) and 216(e)(1)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1) and 416(e)(1)) Child's
Insurance Benefits — Effect of a Second Adoption on an Adopted
Child's Continued Entitlement to Benefits — West Virginia
SSR 93-3: Sections 202(d) and 205(i) and
(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d) and 405(i) and (j))
Disappearance of a Child Beneficiary — Restriction Against Payment
to a Missing Beneficiary
SSR 06-02p: Title II: Adjudicating
Child Relationship Under Section 216(h)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act
When Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Test Shows Sibling Relationship Between
Claimant and a Child of the Worker Who Is Entitled Under Section
216(h)(3) of the Social Security Act
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