Social Security benefits are not inheritable for adult children. An adult whose parents received Social Security benefits cannot “inherit” those benefits directly when their parent dies. Only adult ...

My husband and I, both 61, are thinking about how our future retirements will affect our son. He’s 31 and has received Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) and Medicaid since age 18. When we retire, ...

The law says if a “child” was disabled before the age of 22, he or she will get disabled adult child, or DAC, benefits.(miodrag ignjatovic / Getty Images) Whenever I see a parent with a disabled child ...

Whenever I see a parent with a disabled child, it tugs at my heartstrings. On the one hand, I can’t imagine the hardships they must face almost every day. I think of our neighbors — a retired couple ...