In Brewer v. Brewer, 244 Neb. 731, 509 N.W.2d 10 (1993), the court explained that Social Security dependency benefits are not a mere gratuity from the federal government, but, rather, have been earned in part through an employee's payment of Social Security taxes. A request to credit Social Security benefits made on behalf of a deceased parent was deemed only a request for a change in the source of payment, which does not require a modification hearing, but only an opportunity for the custodial parent to adduce evidence of any inequity that might occur as the result of crediting those benefits to court-ordered child support. Id.