View Full Version : If child receives SSI for disabled parent does the parent have rights to visitation?
tshumpert
Aug 18, 2010, 02:21 PM
Just found out my sons father gets SSI. Can my son draw SSI also. Father lives out of state and as had little contact with my son, if I draw SSI for him will the father have visitation rights, rights to have his last name changed ?
cdad
Aug 18, 2010, 02:51 PM
The father already has those rights. Child support and visitation are separate issues. Is there a current support order from the courts ?
GV70
Aug 18, 2010, 02:52 PM
just found out my sons father gets SSI. Can my son draw SSI also. Father lives out of state and as had little contact with my son, if I draw SSI for him will the father have visitation rights, rights to have his last name changed ?
Short answer-YES.
Visitation and child support are different things.