<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><DIV>I have two grandchildren who are drawing Social Security. Their father is deceased. He and their mother (my duaghter) were never married (they were under 18 when the kids were born and I refused to sign for her to marry him because I knew he was a drug addict. We think an overdose killed him at age 33.) When my daughter applied for SS for them after his death, she was not asked about a marriage - just their birth certificates as marriage doesn't prove fatherhood. Hope this helps.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Donna McR <donna316@tx.rr.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> APG <apgpubliclist@apgen.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sun, January 9, 2011 5:23:13 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [APG Public List] Questions on Social Security Benefits Application<BR></FONT><BR>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">I appreciate all your answers and advice. Does anyone have actual experience with the form required for receiving death benefits for the children?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">I imagine that the death benefit form would have been submitted by the children's paternal aunt or paternal grandmother, with whom they went to live. Either of these would have had personal knowledge of the marriage date, if asked to supply it on the form.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">Thank you for all your help.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">Warmest Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">Donna</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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