When Application Must Be Filed

June 8, 2008 by admin

433. When Application Must Be Filed

433.1 When must you file the application for the lump-sum?

You must file the application for the lump-sum death payment within the two-year period ending with the second anniversary of the insured person's death. The filing period may be extended under certain conditions as explained in §§1517-1519.

433.2 Who must file an application for the lump-sum payment?

You must file an application for the lump-sum death payment if:

You are not entitled to wife's or husband's benefits on the deceased person's Social Security record for the month just before the month in which the insured person died; or
You are a child.

Note: If more than one child is entitled to the lump-sum, each child must apply to receive his or her share of the payment.

433.3 When do you NOT need to file an application for the lump-sum?

You do not need to file an application for the lump-sum as a widow(er) if you were entitled to wife's or husband's benefits on the deceased person's Social Security record for the month just before the month in which the insured person died.

Last Revised: March, 2001

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payment to children after death of a parent

September 15, 2008 by jellybean599

2 of my children received payment but my third child still has not received his. he applied at the same time. the local ss office will not come forward with any information at all

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where do you find what paper work to file?

May 21, 2009 by Guest

"You do not need to file an application for the lump-sum as a widow(er) if you were entitled to wife's or husband's benefits on the deceased person's Social Security record for the month just before the month in which the insured person died."

how do you find out if you do not need to file? wife got her soc sec because of my earnings. she never worked enough quarters.

Hopefully, this could be handled over phone or web or mail.. vs trip into soc sec office.

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Applying for lump sum survivor payment

May 21, 2009 by admin

Here is a link with more information on the documentation required for this :
http://www.ssa.gov/online/ssa-8.html

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