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A WIDOWER with one or more children in his care may be eligible for social security survivors benefits under a recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. Widowers can get information about applying for the benefits by calling or writing any social security office, according to Philip E. Bettendorf, social security district manager in Winchester.
Under the court decision, a widower taking care of his wife’s children can get monthly survivors benefits on her record is she worked long enough in jobs covered by social security. Previously, a widow with children in her care could get survivors benefits, but a widower could not unless he proved he was dependent on his wife and was either 60 or over or 50 to 60 and disabled.
A widower’s survivors benefits can be affected by his earnings, and only about 15,000 widowers are expected to get payments under the court decision, according to Bettendorf. Children continue to get social security survivors benefits on either their mother’s or father’s record.
GENERALLY a widower who doesn’t remarry can get survivors benefits until the children in his care are 18. If there are sons or daughters 18 or over who were severely disabled before 22, he can get benefits as long as they’re disabled and cannot work.
“The amount of a widower’s monthly survivors benefit is based on his wife’s average earnings over a period of years, and it may also be affected by his earnings,’’ Bettendorf said. “He can earn $2,520 or less for this year and still get his full social security benefits. Over $2,520, his benefits will be reduced by $1 for each $2 earned—but no matter how much he earns for the year, he can get his full social security benefit
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