The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-19
Your Social Security
PART vi
n series of Questions and Answers on New
Amendments to the Social Security Act

ceive monthly benefit equal TO
one.half Of the amount to which the
worker himself is entitled. For In
stance, II his benefit amounts TO
$3.50 o month, his wife's benefit
will be $i5.75, making O total OF
$47.25 month for husband and
wife.
@. II the wife In this case were
80 and there were o child Of IL,
what would the family receive?
A. They would receive $4725 O
month. The wife would not be en-.
titled to O benefit, because she was
not yet 65. But the child would
receive o benefit equal to one-half
the fathers primary benefit until he
reached 10, or 10, II he were still I'M
married and In school.
q. Gould the wife Of this indi-
vidual ever receive o supplementary
benefit
A. Yes. When she reached e5
she would DO entitled TO o supple
mentary benefit Of one-half the
amount Of her husbands benefit.
II he had died In the meantime,
she would receive OF 66 o Widows
benefit; this benefit would be $23.e3
-three-fourths Of the husbands
benefit.
q. II O widow has been working
In O job covered by the old-age In.
surance plan and Is entitled to o
benefit based on her own wage rec
ord, would she be entitled to O
benefit based on her husbands earn
ings?
A. She would receive either the
benefit she herself had earned or
the benefit based on her husbands
earnings, whichever is the larger.
q. At the age Of So, an unmar-
ried woman has legally adopted two
orphaned nieces. When she reaches
IS, they are u and IA. She Is en-
titled to O monthly benefit, but
would she get supplementary bene-
fits for her adopted children?
A. Yes. Since the children were
legally adopted before their aunt was
60 and are dependent on her, each
Of them would get o benefit equal
to one-half Of her own benefit-if
she were entitled to $25 q month,
the total monthly payment for the
family would be $50.
q. A man Of 30, who has been
earning SITS q month In work COW
cred by the old-age insurance sys-
tenn since II started In 1887, dies
In January 1871, leaving O wife and
young child. What benefits will
they get?
A. Since his average wage was
SITS, his primary benefit would
have been 1880. His wife receives
three fourths Of this, or $685., and
the child receives one-half, or $3.50,
making O total monthly payment OF
$42.2b until the child reaches 10. II
the widow does not renarry at age
65 she would receive $25.35 for the
rest Of her life.
q. Under what circumstances
will q dependent parent receive ben
A. The mother or father Of a
fully insured individual who dies Is
entitled to O parents benefit equal
to one.half OF the workers primary
benefit. provided the insured person
leaves no wife or rependent child.
TO qualify a parent must be So years
old and must give evidence that ne
was wholly supported by the de-
ceased son or daughter at theh time
of the latter's death. II the parent
survives several children, all Of
whom are fully insured the parent
gets 80 Der cent Of the primary
benefit OF the son or daughter with
the highest primary benefit.
@, An unmarried worker dies,
leaving o father who was not IL
nancialy dependent on the deceased
son. would the father receive any
benefit?
A. Yes. He would receive al
lurnp-sum payment equal 10 six
times the monthly benefit to which
the worker would have been en-
titled.
@. II O man dies, leaving no near
relatives, are any benefits paid?
A. The law provides for q pay
ment for funeral expenses, the
money going tot he person who In
CURED them.
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