Can I File For My Own Benefits Now And Then Switch To My Late Husband's Higher Full Rate At My FRA?
My 74-year-old husband passed away in December 2018. He had waited until age 70 to receive his Social Security benefits. A few months after his death, I turned 62 (last May). When I went to Social Security in Boston (where I successfully filed for survivor benefits for my son) I was encouraged to file for my husband's reduced benefits as a widow. When I asked whether I could take my substantially lower benefits at age 62 and switch to his higher benefits at my FRA, several people at Social Security told me several times that it was not possible to start with mine and switch to . . . Read More
Category: Filing Options
Posted: Mar 29 2020 - 7:05pm
How Do I Get Reimbursed From Social Security?
Hi Larry, my brother recently passed away, and I have legal custody of his two daughters. However the girls mother fraudulently filed for his death benefits, as well as their monthly benefits. I took custody of the girls 2 months after he passed away, and their mother, and her mother filed on the two girls behave. They continued receiving their benefits for a total of 5 months, four of which I had custody. The final court order indicates that their mother, and her mother owe us over $27,000 in Social Security benefits that they received, and shouldn’t have had. One they never . . . Read More
Category: Representative Payee
Posted: Mar 29 2020 - 6:30pm
When Will My SSI Payments Increase Due To Coronavirus?
When will my SSI payments increase due to Coronavirus
Hi,
The coronavirus legislation recently passed by congress does not include any changes to Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
Best, Jerry
Category: Miscellaneous
Posted: Mar 29 2020 - 6:26pm
Why Am I Getting Less In My Social Security Check?
Why am I getting $306 less a month in my SS check. I am 72 years old
Hi,
I'm sorry, but I have no way of knowing why your payment amount changed. Social Security sends notices in the mail to inform people of the reason for any changes in their payment amounts, so if you didn't receive such a notice you'll probably want to contact Social Security to ask for an explanation.
Best, Jerry
Category: Miscellaneous
Posted: Mar 28 2020 - 4:12pm
How Long Can I Legally Put Off Filing For Disabled Adult Child's Benefits?
i have been on ssi since 2010 (aged 30). I was disabled prior to age 22, but did not know about SSI until that time. I successfully completed a cdr in 2017 and am still on SSI, and am now 40.
My father has applied for his retirements benefits, and I am being required by law to apply for DAC benefits on his record. I have not yet filed my application for DAC benefits, though I have an appointment coming up within a few weeks to begin the process.
I plan on getting married this fall. I will not be eligible for either SSI or any DAC benefits based on my future spouse . . . Read More
Category: Supplemental Security Income
Posted: Mar 28 2020 - 3:37pm
Can I Apply For A Portion Of My Husband's Disability Funds?
I currently receive SS in the amount of $922 and I have to pay rent in the amount of $832.00
My husband left me and somehow he got disability in the amount of $1200 and he is not disabled. He moved his girlfriend in an apartment with him and he pays all the bills. She works and files him on her income tax. Can I apply for a portion of his disability funds. They have my name on his SS paperwork. I just wonder how she and her sister use his name on her taxes. What can I do? Can I report her to IRS and social security
Hi,
You couldn't qualify for . . . Read More
Category: Spousal Benefits
Posted: Mar 27 2020 - 2:54pm
When Will My Wife Be Able To Apply For Spousal Benefits?
When will my wife be able to apply for spousal benefits? Or can she begin receiving them immediately?
Hi,
I'd need much more information to be able to give you a specific answer to your question. What I can tell you is that your wife would have to be at least age 62 to qualify for spousal benefits, unless she has an eligible child in her care who qualifies for child's benefits and who is either under age 16 or disabled. And, you would have to be drawing your Social Security retirement or disability benefits in order for your wife to potentially be . . . Read More
Category: Spousal Benefits
Posted: Mar 27 2020 - 2:33pm
Will My Monthly Income Stay The Same If I Get Married?
I Live near Atlanta, Ga. and am 55 years old and on permanent disability... have been for 19 years. Left brain injury, PTSD, Post concussive syndrome. The Girl I'm dating is 66 and currently employed in Florida. Will my monthly income check stay the same, drop, do anything If I get married? She is obviously single and plans on working until 70, still working on that part. She talked to an SS agent, he gave her a number as to what she would receive at 70. We weren't talking about marriage then but are now. Will the number he gave her being single, change if she is married? Ya, . . . Read More
Category: Miscellaneous
Posted: Mar 27 2020 - 7:47am
Are Social Security Recipients Going To Recieve An Additional $200 Monthly Under The Economic Package?
Under the economic package, are social security recipients going to receive an additional $200.00 monthly. This is in addition to the $1200.00 per person.
This was something that Warren has suggested.
Hi,
No, they aren't. The coronavirus relief act (H.R. 748) passed by congress does not include any changes to Social Security benefits.
Best, Jerry
Category: Miscellaneous
Posted: Mar 26 2020 - 3:07pm
How Much Can I Receive From My Husband's SSDI If He Dies?
My husband is on SSDI and in hospice for Prostate Cancer. He was born in April of 1956 and has been receiving SSDI for approx. 7 years. I am 61, born in June, 1958, and work full time making $53,941
He will most likely die before this year (2020) is over. I work because I carry both of us on health insurance.
My question to you is, how much can I receive from his SSDI once he dies? And for how long? Do I have a limit on what I can earn? If so, I can look at taking a lesser paying job. Currently, with Part A being the only thing on his SSDI, his check that goes into . . . Read More
Category: Filing Options
Posted: Mar 26 2020 - 7:58am
