Social Security Survivors Benefits can be paid to: a widow/widower–full benefits at full retirement age or reduced benefits as early as age 60/ a disabled widow or widower as early as age 50/ a widow or widower at any age if he or
she takes care of the deceased’s child who is under 16 or disabled /and receiving S.S. benefits/ unmarried children
under 18, or up to age 19 if they are attending high school full-time….under certain circumstances, benefits can be
paid to stepchildren, grandchildren or adopted children/ children at any age who were disabled before age 22 and
remain disabled/dependent parents age 62 or older.