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christina myrtle renee jackson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2001 - 2:27 pm: | 
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I
am on ssi i scored above 69 that got me down as mental retardation how
can i get out of my moms house i dont think i'm not stupid i am smart i
wounder how can i get out of my moms care?
Reply by Paul The question of who decides where you live is not a Social Security question.
The
question of who gets your check is. If you can get a doctor to say you
can handle your own affairs, you might be able to get the check coming
in your own name. Or, you might be able to get someone else to be your
representative payee. Start by having that person take you to your
local office and explaining why your mother isn't doing a good job. You
will have to convince them that she isn't. |
BONNIE AYSCUE
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 10, 2001 - 11:07 am: |
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i
would like to know how long a child with a disabilty has to live with
someone before they have the legal right to file for ssi for a child.
also
can the birth mom have control over the childs checks even if the child
does not live with the mom and the mom pay out the childs rent utlitys
car payment what ever give living monies
Reply by Paul
The person who has practical custody of a child can go down to the
local Social Security office and ask to be made representative payee
for the check. Maybe try this. You can also demand an accounting of the
representative payee, who is presumably the birth mother. She can get
in a lot of trouble.
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Velma Jean
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 22, 2001 - 4:15 am: |
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I
plan to get married to someone who is receiving ssi and has a
representative. What those my boyfriend have to do to change
representative or would I automatically become his representative?Would
his ssi be affected if we both were to get it since I am applying no
income besides this?
Reply by Paul
1. To
change representatives, you and your boyfriend, and ideally his prior
representative, should go to the Social Security Administration
together and ask for the change. If you have trouble check with legal
aid or an attorney.
3. If you have no income or resources,
his check will not be affected by your marriage. If you get an award
for SSI, the amount of your two checks together would not be as much as
each of you would get if you lived seperately. But your expenses would
be higher in that case, too. |
Nancy Howard
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 08, 2002 - 7:25 am: |
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I have a question I hope I am in the right forum.What check has to be
sent back to SSA? Is the month they die in or the next months check
sent back? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 8:52 am: |
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I think I have this right: For Social Security Disability and
retirement, you get the December check, for instance, on January 3d. If
the beneficaiary dies on December 15th, that check is due back. I am
not quite sure this is how it works, however. Take care. |
Sherry Ulmer
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 2:24 pm: |
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My
ex was found to be disabled in Jan. my two children are suppose to
recieve their first check in August. My question is do they get back
pay from when he was appproved in Jan., or do they just get one months
check starting in August
Reply by Paul For Social
Security Disability, you and your family can get checks for the 6th
month after you become disabled. If you file late, or they decide in
your favor late, you can only go back and get checks from the year
before you filed. |
bill
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 8:00 am: |
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right now i currently get $ 1119 from ss disability, not including my
pension check. my son gets $558 a month from social security also. ten
years ago i was told at the social security office after my son
graduates from high school, he will not get his check from social
security and after my son stops receiving his check. my wife will start
get getting a check from social security as long as she isint employed.
can anyone tell me if this is still true? and since my son gets about
50 percent of what i make from social security. about how much will my
wife get from social security? 50 percent of what i make? or what?
state IN. can someone please awnser my question, ive looked all through
the internet and cant find an awnser to my question. thanks for the
help. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2002 - 5:35 am: |
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Bill, your son's check based on your record ends the date he turns 18
if he is not going to full time high school; if he is, it will continue
to the date he stops going full time or turns 19, whichever is later.
You
are mistaken about your wife's check. If she had a child drawing a
check under your record in her care, and if he was under 16, she would
draw a check, which is reduced by work in about the same way a retired
person's is.
Take care. |
KAREN EISENBERG
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 4:25 pm: |
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HOW DO I TRACK MY SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CHECK THAT WAS SENT ON THE 3RD
STOCKTON CALIFORNIA |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2002 - 5:37 am: |
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Karen, try the 800 number, 1 800 772 1213. |
Elizabeth Guzman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 9:20 pm: |
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I was found disabled and awarded SSI,
But the worker at the Social Security
office said , I will get half the money that is owed to me now, and the other half, in 6 months.
I have never heard such a thing.
Is that legal in The state of North carolina |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2003 - 9:53 am: |
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Federal law, the laws passed by the US Congress, control over any state law.
SSI is a Federal law.
It says that there is a limit to the amount of SSI back time the Social Security Administration can pay out at one time.
The limit is in 2003 a little over $6,000. It goes up every year.
If your back time check is for more than that, it will be paid in 6 month installments until it is all paid to you.
Children's back time checks are treated a little differently. |
monica brooks
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 09, 2004 - 11:08 pm: |
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I dont have a bank account and cannot get one because of overdrafts in
an old account. Will i still receive my sons ssi backpay for 14 months.
if not what will happen. i am in chex sysem for 7 years |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 1:59 pm: |
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If you tell told the Administration from the start that you did not
have a bank account, they should send the checks directly to you, and
you should have no problem.
If you ever gave them an account
and then had it closed, when the big check or your monthly checks are
supposed to come, you could have a big problem:
In that case
the Administration often just starts sending the checks to the closed
or forgotten bank account. The bank sends the checks back, but the
Administration can't seem to realize that they have them, and so won't
re-issue them to you. That is a big problem, that could delay payment
of a lump sum by many months.
If you have told the
Administration about a bank account that you must close, tell them
right away and be positive that you get your record at the
Adminstration corrected! And try to keep the bank account open with a
few dollars in it anyway, in case they forget!
Take care. |
mike prewett
Unregistered guest
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, October 15, 2004 - 4:43 am: |
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my
wife recives ssdi right? they sent a back check for ssi ? and a back
check for monthy childs benifites ? will there be and is it a seperate
iteam another bach benifites check for ssdi ? if so when or how long do
they have to send it? thank you for your time |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 868
Registered: 5-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 12:02 pm: |
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Mike,
if a person has a concurrent SSI and Social Security disability claim,
and wins both, more often than not she gets a lump sum SSI check,
followed by monthly Social Security disability, and then a lump sum
Social Security disability several months later. |
martha clawson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 9:09 pm: |
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I was granted SSI by a judge at my hearing on Nov. 4, 2004. When can I expect my backpay of 19 months? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 936
Registered: 5-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 7:16 am: |
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If
it is SSI, you must go down to the local office and update your income
and resources. You should do this within about 2-3 weeks of when you
get your favorable decision from the judge.
If they give you a list of things to go get, get them or you will never get anything.
Once
you do that, around here it takes around a month and a half to get
benefits. It takes more or less time in other parts of the country.
If you don't get anything in a month or so, go down to the local office and find out why.
SSD, or Social Security disability, is a little different. |
brian weaver (Brian101)
New member
Username: Brian101
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 4:25 pm: |
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I
started getting SSI at the age of 15, I'm now almost 21 and yet my
prior guardian still has controle over my funds and refuses to
relinquish . My question is how to I regain access over this.. I am
more then competent enough to handle my own funds, currently in college
and so on. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1036
Registered: 5-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 5:57 am: |
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There
is a form you can get at your local office that you can get your doctor
to fill out. If he fills it out properly, the Administration might pay
it directly to you. Another possibility is to take a person down to the
local office that could be your representative payee, and ask them to
change so that the new person is getting your check. You should take
somebody responsible. |
Anonymous
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 1:44 pm: |
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my
mother passed and i receive ssi benefits, as of right now my money
comes to a fiduciary. Is there anyway that i can get my check sent
directly to me and chnge my bank account from a representative payee
account. i am 18 now, but still in high school. I graduate this year
and i am afraid that the money i have saved won't come to me after
graduation and i need it for college. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1109
Registered: 5-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 5:58 pm: |
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Once
you turn 18, go down to the Social Security office and ask them to put
it in your name. If you mentally ok, they should do so. Go in the
middle of the month, and show up about 30 minutes before the doors open
and you will suffer less. |
Mel in NC (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 5:30 pm: |
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Hello-
I'm very concerned about something that's going on involving my boyfriend.
He
receives a SSI check each month. I'm not quite sure why.. He doesn't
seem to me to be very disabled, although he has Tourette's syndrome. I
just recently found out from his mother that he was in special
education classes in high school.
What does this mean? I
honestly hate to sound ignorant and cruel, but does this mean I'm
dating someone who is mentally retarded?
Another question I
have concerns ethics. His mother receives his check each month and pays
out his rent to our landlord, and the electricity bill and such. The
remaining money, he never sees a penny. |
Mel in NC (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 5:32 pm: |
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(Continued)
He's
23 years old and I believe he is fully capable of handling his own
affairs and his own life. We've talked about this and he's expressed
the same desire to control his own life, but everytime he asks his
mother to give him his check, she always tells him that SS won't let
him have it because he's not responsible enough, and she doesn't want
him to waste his money.
I said to him, why don't we go down
to the Social Security office ourselves and get the check sent to our
address so you can have your own money?
So we're going to do exactly that. But apparently she's the representative payee or such. |
Mel in NC (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 5:32 pm: |
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Will
it be possible for him to get it changed into his name and his address?
Why is she still the representative payee when he's 23 years old and
more than capable of handling it himself? He's got a job too, and never
wastes his money. He's plenty responsible, but no matter how much he
tries to tell her, she won't give up.
I have the feeling she enjoys the money herself..
...What
can we do to have the check sent to him in his name?? He loves his mom
and doesn't want to get her in any trouble, but enough is enough.
Please, Mr McChesney, give me some advice. I am so confused.. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1296
Registered: 5-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 9:42 am: |
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Mel,
I suggest that before you do anything, you sit down and talk with a
lawyer who handles this sort of thing. Your situation is too
complicated for me to answer with certainty.
The check could
be sent in his name, or yours. Some people feel that the Administration
is more likely to review if the check comes in his name. To get it
switched over, the two of you should go down to the local office.
If
he is working, he should be sure to report that to the Administration.
His income will probably affect the amount of his check, and in the
long run the income could cause it to be cut off.
If you get
married and you have income or resources, that could affect his ability
to draw SSI benefits, or the amount of his benefits.
If he does not have any health problems serious enough to keep him from working, it is better for him to work than draw SSI. |
suanna chaplin (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 7:08 am: |
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at
my last hearing, the judge and my attorny agreed on the back pay all
the way from july 2003,however when i spoke to rep. from s.s.a. he
states that the funds would be paid back to dec. 2003??also i won s.s.i
benifits only not as many monthes, i'm not sure what i said to him but
now i don't have madicare/medicade,? due to the ergency to get my
bakpay. was this the phone call i was NOT to have as my attorney said? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1295
Registered: 5-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 9:36 am: |
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I
am not sure what your questions are. Let me say what I think you meant
and answer those questions; if I have misunderstood let me know.
Q. I proved disability back to July of 2003. Why is my first check for December of 2003?
A.
In Social Security disability there is a 5 month waiting period between
the time you become disabled and the time you can draw your first
check.
I do not understand the rest of your questions. Ask
your attorney; he can probably answer better than I can, anyway. Take
care. |
RANDY OAKLEY (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 10:42 pm: |
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My
question is: I received a fully favorable decision from the
Administrative Law Judge, i received the first installment of back pay
and i received my first monthly payment from SSI, my question is How
long does it take for my SSDI to take effect, which should be a larger
monthly amount since i did work and i had my credits in, also they say
i cannot sign my kids up for dependent benefits until i start receiving
SSDI, is this correct? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1379
Registered: 5-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 11:32 am: |
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Well, you can go ahead and go down to the local office and ask for benefits for your kids right now.
Usually
you should get your first Social Security check, if you are entitled to
a Social Security check, about the time you get your lump sum SSI
check. In 2005, it is taking about 3 months from when you get your lump
sum SSI check before you get your back Social Security check. If it
takes longer than that, you need to do something. |
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