Yes, since your partner provided more than half of their financial support for you and your children, he can claim them as qualifying relatives.
To be a qualifying relative the following criteria must be met:
- They don't have to be related to you (despite the name)
- They aren't claimed as dependent by someone else
- They're a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident
- They aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse
- They lived with you the entire year (exceptions apply)
- They made less than $4,400 in 2022
- You provided more than half of their financial support
As VolvoGirl mentioned the SSA-1099 should not be entered.
Look at Box 2 of the SSA-1099 and you should see the person's SSN.
If that is the survivor benefits are only income a child/dependent has, then the child/dependent does not have to file or report it either. If the child\dependent has enough other income to be required to file, then the child reports the SS on their own return.
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