My daughter is 50 and I am 70. She is handicapped and collects SSI and lives at home with me and always will. When I pass on, can she collect any part of my Social Security? Or continue her SSI or can she receive both? We live in California. Thank you
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The combinded amount will not exceed $730 ($710 SSI , less a $20 disregard for SS).
If her DAC - SS benefits are over $729, the SSI will end, and she will receive the disabled child SS, probably lose the Medicaid due to income.
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Correction, true DACs still get Medicaid.
Social security can say 'Yes', or 'No', to them being a DAC.
If they say yes, welfare office can open DAC medicaid, that is just like SSI medicaid.
That slipped my mind, and some states may not see it that way, but I doubt it.
I have seen some where it did not look like a DAC to the welfare office, but SSA said yes, so Medicaid was opened.
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Once you went on SS retirement she became eligible for Disabled Adult Child benefits IF she became disabled before age 22.
No she can't "inherit" your SS.
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I would think she should receive her own ss for disability, even now.