Children who qualify for Social Security benefits may receive up to 50% of a living parent's full retirement or disability benefit or 75% of the deceased parent's Social Security benefit. Benefits for children are subject to the family maximum rules, which limit the total amount of benefits a...
If a parent dies, the surviving spouse may receive survivor benefits as a caregiver if he has the child of the deceased in her care. The child must be under age 16 and eligible for monthly survivor benefits. Divorced spouses may qualify for survivor benefits as caregivers. Remarriage of recip...