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Glossary of Social Security Disability Law Terms
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Family Benefits: The following people
may be eligible to receive benefits on your record:
Spouse if aged 62 or older (unless caring for an
entitled child under the age of 16); children, if
unmarried and under the age of 18 (or under 19 and still
in school); disabled children over the age of 18; and an
ex-spouse in some circumstances.
Family Maximum: The maximum amount of benefits
payable to an entire family on any one worker's record.
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA): The
formal name of the funding mechanism for Social Security
benefits. It is a payroll tax that is deducted from the
worker’s paycheck and matched by the employer.
Full Retirement AgeL: The age at which a
person may first become entitled to unreduced retirement
benefits. Beginning with year 2000 for workers and
spouses born 1938 or later and widows/widowers born 1940
or later, the retirement age increases gradually from
age 65 until it reaches age 67 in the year 2022. This
increase affects the amount of the reduction for persons
who begin receiving reduced benefits.
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