If a father signs his rights away for his child and that child has been legally adopted, and years later her biological father (that signed his rights away) passes away, will that child be eligible to get his death benefits?
By Melissa M. from Blue Springs, MO
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My opinion is that the child shouldn't be eligible for her late father's death benefits, being he didn't raise her and she has been adopted and raised by another family. That family has raised her for several years without any type of benefit, other than that she is their daughter, just like if they had given birth to her. The best thing to do would be to speak to your local Social Security Office, they will know more about the topic than we do.
If the child has been legally adopted then she is the adoptive parents child in every sense of the word. She has no legal ties or rights to anything of her birth parents.
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