Hiring an Attorney to Help with SSD and SSI – How Does it Work?
- 02 Mar 2020
- Posted By WebSiteAdmin
You’ve decided to hire an attorney to help with your social security and/or disability claim. Good. This alone improves your odds of getting the money you deserve. But what comes next? We have put together this post to outline the process for our readers. What to Do First...
Read MoreCan You Get a Divorce if Your Spouse Cannot be Found?
- 17 Feb 2020
- Posted By WebSiteAdmin
This sounds like something from a TV show but it does happen. Sometimes, people voluntarily run away and leave their spouse behind. It is a natural desire to want to move on with life if this has happened to you. You will eventually want to date new people...
Read MoreThe Basics of Social Security Disability Benefits
- 30 Jan 2020
- Posted By WebSiteAdmin
Sometimes it helps getting back to the basics. In this blog we want to describe what social security disability benefits are and where they come from. We will be covering disability only and not SSI benefits which are available to low-income or people with little or no work...
Read MoreChild Support for Divorcing Military Couples
- 22 Jan 2020
- Posted By WebSiteAdmin
Divorce can happen to anyone. This goes for civilian, civil servant and military personnel alike. There are laws in place to protect children from all backgrounds during a divorce. But there are even more stringent rules for military personnel. A person in the military is subject to punishment...
Read MoreProposed Disability Changes Could Affect Disability Payments for Many
- 14 Jan 2020
- Posted By WebSiteAdmin
According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the new proposed changes to federal disability assistance would likely result in millions of more case reviews and in the process would cut off many disabled recipients. The federal government is accepting public comments on this matter until the end of the...
Read MoreWhat if my Spouse Stops Making Alimony Payments?
- 02 Jan 2020
- Posted By WebSiteAdmin
During divorce proceedings alimony may be awarded to the spouse that is leaving the marriage with significantly less earnings, ability to earn or any financial disadvantage to where alimony support is required. The overall goal of alimony is to balance the financial situation and to provide financial stability....
Read MoreHistory of Social Security Disability Benefits
- 23 Dec 2019
- Posted By WebSiteAdmin
85 years ago, the Social Security Act was created. The goal of this Act was to financially assist senior citizens in their retirement years by creating a general fund. This brought up the question of who else needed benefits. People disabled from an injury were clearly the most...
Read MoreFiling for Disability Without Strong Work History
- 13 Dec 2019
- Posted By WebSiteAdmin
Social Security retirement benefits are based on your work history and how much you’ve earned and contributed to the Social Security fund. The Social Security Administration (SSA) keeps records of these numbers. In a way, it is very much like an IRA in that you pay into it...
Read MoreYou’re Getting a Divorce, What Comes First?
- 04 Dec 2019
- Posted By WebSiteAdmin
Divorce usually doesn’t just happen overnight. There is usually a almost always slow build up to it. But, when a couple finally decides it is time to get divorced, what matters should they discuss first? We will attempt to answer that very question in this post. If you...
Read MoreWhat Does Technical Denial of Social Security Benefits Mean?
- 20 Nov 2019
- Posted By WebSiteAdmin
A technical denial, also called a “non-medical denial” means that the applicant was denied for non-medical reasons. According to public records, this type of denial accounts for about half of all Social Security Disability denials. Applicants will usually be notified about this denial by mail. Reason that an...
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