My granddaughter lost her biological father last November. She is 9 years old and receives her father's Social Security benefits. Her mother and stepfather are going to have a baby which will take the stepfather's last name. My granddaughter wants the same last name. My daughter is considering adding stepfather's last name to her father's last name. No adoption, just adding a second last name. Will this affect the SS benefits she now receives?
By Vivian
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Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. That being said, they will probably only give the information to your grandaughter's mother. The only way your family will receive the correct information is to talk to the Social Security Office.
Call an attorney; it may not be legal for her to go be any other than her legal name in some places.
Doing a legal name change is a simple process and does not affect benefits. My children had it done. And went through same scenario.
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