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Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2001 - 3:56 pm:

I am going to marry a man who has manic depression..He is not able to work because of his condition, He has been receiving his SSI for five years..He lives with his mother and has been hospitalized numerous times. My income is only 18,000 a year before taxes. I was wondering if his check will stay the same or go up. We will be living in an apartment and being paying more money in bills then what he pays now. My pay check is only 518 biweekly, and I couldn't not pay all of the bills on just that. And is there a process we have to go through when we get married to let SSI know about it?

Reply by Paul I want to be as helpful as I can, and in this case I can be most helpful by telling you that this is such an important question and a difficult one that it is too dangerous for me to try to answer on a website, so far away. But your marriage could reduce his check drastically. As your income goes higher, it could eliminate it. The exact effect might vary by state. Try sitting down to talk with local legal aid, or with the Administration.

Take care.

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