My son's father died 6 years ago and I want to make my husband (my son calls him dad) a legal guardian. Would his survivor benefits end if I do this?
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You should visit your local Social Security office and ask your questions because any changes will/could affect your son's future benefits for many years (until he is 18-19 years old).
If you are talking about legal adoption (changing his legal name) then I feel sure the answer to your question would be yes, his benefits would end but ONLY the social security office can give you correct answers.
I think you will lose benefits because your new husband's income will be included in household income. However, I would make an appointment with Social Security.
I just realized that your child is 6 years old and maybe you were thinking about him going to school with a different name than you or your husband? I believe this is a pretty common thing now but there are occasionally ways to remedy this. Why not get a free consultation with an attorney to see if there is a way to use both names on his school record. I do know there are some states that will allow this but not exactly sure how it is done.
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