I HAVE THREE CHILDREN. WHEN I WON MY DISABILITY, THEY STARTED RECEIVING A SMALL AMOUNT EACH MONTH. MY FRIEND HAS ONE CHILD BUT HIS CHILD RECEIVES A MUCH GREATER AMOUNT EVEN THOUGH WE EARNED ABOUT THE SAME. WHY?
The amount of benefits that children can receive cannot exceed 50 percent of what the adult wage earner is receiving. So if you won your case and you were getting $1000 in Social Security benefits, your children cannot receive more than $500. If you have three children, each of them receives one-third of the $500. If you have only one child, the child receives the entire amount.
