Can a spouse collect her benefits as well as her husbands once the spouse dies?

Your mother would receive benefits based upon whichever earnings record yields the highest benefit for her. She would not receive both...

How should I go about handling this situation?

Please click on the following link (or copy/paste) to go directly to Social Security's Office of the Inspector General Fraud Hotline...

My husband was out of work for one year from complications from colon cancer.He received short and long term disability from his

Yes. Unfortunately, many beneficiaries are not aware of the fine print in the short- or long-term disability policies that provide for...

Social Security Benefits?

If you are receiving disability insurance benefits, and not Supplemental Security Income (SSI), your husband's retirement benefit will not impact...

Can a stepchild get benefits?

There are auxiliary benefits for stepchildren; the circumstances you described would be an appropriate scenario. Benefits for children continue...

Is there anyway to fight social security in my case?

A representative payee is obligated to spend the benefits on the beneficiary as well as show an accounting of the expenditures. You should contact...

My mother died when i was 15 and i collected until i was 18 can i still collect after that

If you received the benefits as a minor solely based upon your mother's death, you are no longer eligible for survivor's benefits. If you can...

Can I collect social security disability while already receiving Pennsylvania unemployment benefits?

If you are considering applying for disability: To receive unemployment in Michigan (where I practice), you must certify that you are able and...

Can i stop my 17yr old daughter from receiveing payments off my disability benifits if she no longer lives with me

Auxiliary benefits are an entitlement. If the child is no longer living with the parent(s) who would normally be the representative payee, a new...

It depends on the kind of SS benefits for which you are applying. If you are considering taking early retirement: Unemployment Insurance...