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If the old man is collecting U.S. social security and claims the child, his monthly check will increase by 50% until the child turns 18 (19 if still in high school). The father could use the extra money to pay the child support.

 

Just FYI, from what little I understand about it. Sort of related and was of great interest to me. I do realize how easy it would be to dodge the rules.
Here goes:
Unless she is a US citizen, a green card holder, or lived with him for five years in the US, she doesn't have much in the way of benefits to mess up, unless she intends to move to the US to get her benefits reinstated.
This is from the ssa.gov site concerning survivor's benefits for non citizens.
"In most cases, we stop payments to noncitizens after they are outside the United States for six calendar months in a row. If we stop your payments, we will not start them again until you return to the United States and remain for a full calendar month."
The exception to most cases is if she lived with him in a spousal relationship for five years in the US, or is a citizen of a country that has an agreement with the US. The Philippines is not on the list. She can even return to the US as a widow and fulfill the five year spousal requirement, the way it reads, but if she is not a citizen and stays here, it looks as though she may not collect for long.

 

Neglecting the child support part, since probably very hard to enforce in another country, does the retiree with a child under 18 who has a child out of wedlock get the SSA child benefit for that child? Could the retiree set it up and then just skip town with the benefit? Point being it might be good this guy doesn't get any additional money since it won't go to benefit the child.

 

if the child is out of wedlock a DNA test would be required. Obtaining a US citizenship is required before applying for Social Security. Lots of Doc entation required for both rigorous processes.

 

I'm curious if one could challenge the DNA testing using the new SCOTUS ruling that just came out dealing with passing citizenship that men and women MUST have the same standards and one can't have a burden the other doesn't have. Women aren't required a DNA test and its logical if the father was there at the time of birth to sign the birth certificate as well the exact same standards are required in passing citizenship. Its now considered unconstitutional for one gender to have a different bar then the other in such cases.

 

Possible, IF the bar is DNA testing. I would think the bar in this case is the doctor signing the birth certificate witnessed a particular grouping of cells leaving the woman's body. It is very unlikely he was there when the man had cells leaving his body to supply his portion...