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Retroactive Social Security Payments are Being Sent

1.1 million people with public pensions began receiving retroactive Social Security payments this month. The SSA announced that people with public pensions, ie., people like firefighters, police officers and teachers, began receiving payments due under the Social Security Fairness Act. Payments are expected to go through next month...

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Can My Child Qualify for SSDI?

Social Security benefits are not limited to adults. If a disabled adult, who qualifies for SSDI benefits, has dependents who completely rely on them for food, shelter & clothing, the dependents may qualify for payments as well. This is called dependent benefits. In other words, the Social Security...

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Should I Apply for Disability Back-Pay?

Back pay refers to past-due benefits that cover a period in which you had not been approved to collect disability benefits that you were medically qualified to collect. Therefore, to collect the back pay benefits, one must be incapable of working and being physically or mentally disabled.  However,...

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Child Support for Divorcing Military Couples

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...

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What if my Spouse Stops Making Alimony Payments?

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....

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