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Show Benefits to end for mom and dad Annual earnings test. The new law delays the reduction in the annual earnings test exempt age from 72 to 70 until January 1983, instead of 1982 under the old law. Month benefits begin. The new law allows payment of Social Security benefits to workers at 62 and for dependents of retired and disabled workers only for months in which con-- con-- ditionS' -of-eligibility-are met for the entire month. Generally, this means that benefits would be first paid for the month after the month a person reaches 62. Several important changes have been made in Social Security benefits by a recently enacted law, Warren Spencer, Social Security representative in Cedar City, said recently. These changes include in-clude Mothers' and fathers' benefits, Benefits to mothers and fathers who receive such because they car? for an entitled --child -. -will-end-when the -youngest child reaches 16, Under the old law, benefits ended when the youngest child reached 18. For parents entitled to benefits in August 1981 or before, the change will become effective Sept. 1983. The change is effective ef-fective immediately for parents becoming entitled en-titled after August 1981. Lump-sum death payment. Effective for ; deaths after August 1981, : the lump-sum death payment can be made only where an eligible husband or wife survive or there is a child entitled to benefits. Under the old law, the lump sum could be paid to the funeral home or the person who paid the funeral expenses if there was no eligible surviving husband or wife. |