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SSA logo: link to Social Security Online home 314. What does "personal services" mean?

You are considered to be performing "personal services" for a child age 16 and over when:

  1. You perform services regularly; and

  2. The services you perform for the child are in addition to any routine household services normally done by you or any other adult in the household.

Examples of personal services:

Last Revised: March, 2001

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