Child survivor (Family Member form)

To be entitled to surviving child's benefits, an individual must have filed an application for child's benefits and must be:

• the child of a worker who died fully or currently insured;
• dependent upon that worker;
• unmarried; and
• under age 18, or if age 18 or over, be 1) under a disability which began before age 22, or 2) a full-time elementary or secondary school student under age 19.

A child entitled to surviving child's benefits will be entitled to a monthly benefit effective with the first month in which all of the above requirements are met during any part of that month.

For more information on child survivor benefits, see the OASDI Digest.