meet the conditions for entitlement, (For mother's/father's or spouse’s (age 62 to FRA) benefits, the child may be entitled on any earnings record (E/R). For surviving divorced mother's/father's and spouse’s benefits (under age 62), the child must be entitled on the NH's E/R.)
meet the relationship requirements to be considered a child of the deceased NH; andbe under age 16 (age 18 prior to 9/81) or, be disabled. Child-in-care also applies when the child was entitled to childhood disability benefits (CDB) prior to age 22 termination and became re-entitled to a new period of disability as a CDB after age 22.
REMINDER: If the situations in RS 00208.001D apply, there is no entitlement.
NOTE: Use the DEPENDENT CHILD IN CARE (DCIC) common screen to collect data for each child in the care of a child-in-care beneficiary
A mother/father must have in-care an entitled child of the NH when: