I am on social security and child support is taking every penny. I have nothing.

Hello, Dandy -

You will probably need to make an appointment at the nearest Social Security office and go there to apply for Social Security survivor benefits, because, among other things, you will need to provide a certified copy of the child's birth certificate and a certified copy of the deceased parent's d3@th (have to spell it that way or Fixya considers it a profanity) certificate. See: https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10085.pdf

Also, read the information here:
https://www.ssa.gov/planners/survivors/ifyou.html

Best wishes.

1. To apply for a Child Support Grant in person, the applicant has to visit the nearest office of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)
2. isit the nearest office of SASSA and obtain the application form to apply for a child support grant, from the respective department.
3. Make sure that you have all the documents listed in the "Required documents" section of this page.
4. Complete the application in front of the SASSA officer who issues the application form at the premises of the SASSA office itself, with required and relevant information.
5. Now, submit the application with all the required documents to the SASSA official for further proceeding.
6. You will be provided with a receipt as a proof of the application submission. Please keep it safe.
7. After necessary verification and validation processes, if your application is approved, the grant which you applied for will be rewarded to you properly, from the date of application.
8. If your application is refused and you are not satisfied with the reason stated, you can appeal to the Minister of Social Development, at the National office of the Department of Social Development.
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First, child abuse is a crime, and not handled by social workers.
It is investigated by the District Attorney and a decision is made whether or not to file criminal charges and take the child from the locus of the abuse and place the child in a temporary home.
A social worker might be consulted later, perhaps regarding the welfare of the child in its new home.
But that would be a significant time later.
Initially all activity is by the District Attorney.
A Physician specially trained in examining pediatric abuse victims will examine the child, and Xray, CT scans, and MRIs will be done to check for evidence of old fractures, hematomas from a severe spanking or a punch, etc.
Multiple photographs will be taken, often including the use of UV light to bring out dormant bruising.
A Child Psychiatrist will meet with the child, usually for several visits.
And if criminal charges are felt to be warranted then law enforcement is called in.
If the alleged abuser cannot afford a criminal defense attorney then the Court will appoint a Court appointed criminal defense attorney.

No it wont.

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, it's very cheap, and follow it to the letter to remove the cd player. With the cd player out just remove its casing and take out the pennies.

You will start here at this link. I suspect the mother will have to have custody of the child to request the removal. Try it, it may resolve the issue for her...

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