So my cousin has been getting Social Security survivor benefits ever since his father passed away. He now lives in a really rough situation that he is trying to remove himself from. He is in the process of emancipating himself. If the judge rules in his favor will he lose those benefits? He is 16 y/o and is still a full time high school student.
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He should be able to receive benefits up to the age of 19 as long as he is still in high school full time
Your cousin is going to need a strong support system and have questions answered by people from the sources, not crowd sourcing.
The Social Security Administration number is at the bottom of this link. He or his lawyer needs to call them:
If he needs legal aide, talk to your state senator and have him or her give you a list of legitimate legal aide services ASAP. Never find legal aide from the internet as most are scams.
Does the school your cousin go to have a guidance counselor he can have on his side?
Sending up prayers for him to get his situation resolved and with the best support system. Post back how things are going.
Most likely the judge will only rule in his favor if he has a very good support system that can supply testimony/evidence that his situation is as he states as 16 is a very young age to say you can support yourself and still go to school full time.
He will need to identify where he will be living and whoever he will be living with will have to be acceptable to the judge.
He should be qualified to receive SS benefits (as long as he is a full time student and the school will send reports to SS) until he graduates from high school or he reaches 19 years of age - whichever comes first.
If the judge approves his application then he/she will give him paperwork to present to SSA to have the benefit check sent to whatever address the papers state.
This is not an easy "one-two-three" process and usually takes several months to complete as most people do not have all the paperwork they need.
That is why he will need a good attorney who is familiar with this process and has your cousin get all his required paperwork together before a court date.
Hopefully everything will work out for the best as it is sad to hear that a 16 year old has to go through something like this.
most likely he will receive it due to his age and support network. But first you must have more info from the social security administration
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