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    shelly830003 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 4, 2007, 02:58 PM
    My 7 year old denied social security on both issues
    I live in Missouri. I have a 7 year old son whose father was killed 6 years ago- social security denied benefits for my son because his father (who died when he was 21) didn't have enough work credits. My son won a wrongful death suit and has $17,000 in the bank that cannot be used until he turns 18. A couple months after my son turned 3 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor (pineoblastoma) again, he was denied any benefits this time due to the money he has in the bank that we cannot use.
    I have contacted a lawyer on these issues and they seem to agree with social security, but I still believe that there has to be some loop-hole somewhere. Any advise?
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    Dec 4, 2007, 06:47 PM
    Social security is only available to those that have paid, so if the father had not been fully insuranced under SS then there is no payments available. I am sorry but many who don't work, or who work for cash only find this out the bad way all the time. The money should have been put in a trust, not in a bank account, in a trust, it would not even be reported, since it is not money available.
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