<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6002.18332" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Sheri-</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now you are confusing me...are you saying that the deceased wife and her husband (the now-deceased wage earner) are NOT the parents of the children? If they are, then children born of their marriage would be assumed to have been legal children of the wage earner and the marriage records should have been on file for the claim to have been approved. Supporting birth records for the children would also have been on file. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Minor children who are beneficiaries would have had a representative payee who would have been required to report that benefits were used for the children. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/9/2011 5:02:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sherifenley@gmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>That may be true, but the benefits paid to the children would be sent to a benefit administrator who doesn't have to be the children's mother or even the next of kin.  Proof of the relationship of the children to the deceased wage earner is what is required not the marriage of the deceased wage earner in order for the children to receive their benefits. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>On the other hand, what the heck - order the record and see what they have on file,  LOL</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Sheri Fenley</DIV> <DIV>Stockton, California<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>