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INmail: Increase in grandson’s dependent benefit should be automatic

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The grandson is entitled to dependent benefits until he turns 18 or 19 if he is still in high school.

Jim: I have a client who was recently widowed. She is a teacher in a school district that does not participate in Social Security. She will turn 65 next March and plans to retire at the end of the school year in spring 2021. Her husband was collecting about $1,600 per month in Social Security benefi

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