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a question on social security survivors benefits.?
Myhusband recieved this as a child, his mother past away when he was ten years old, his father and mother were never married so his dad did not recieve this benefit. My husbands family did not do the right things by him, his dad was not able to due to mental health issues and being and alcholic, he had an uncle who took him in for awhile and I believe was in charge of taking care of his finances, but basically he was a ward of the state and spent the time between ages 12 and 16 in and out of foster homes and the years from 16 until almost 19 in prison. He just recieved a letter from socail security today stating that he owes over 3000.00 and it does not seem right, being that he was a minor how can he be held responsible for that money. any help would be appreciated.
he was not able to recieve payments during the period of time, he was in prison and the checks were not being paid directly to him, and he did not recieve it when he got out of prison.
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- EnigmaLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
If he was receiving that check after he turned 18 until the age of 19 he might be responsible for repayment because it stops at 18 unless you are in school full time.
Sounds like he had a really rough life and it really doesn't seem fair but the government has no sympathy in cases like this. He can also work out repayment in payments until it's paid off. He must have got the checks for at least 10 months after he turned 18.
Edit: Then your answer is simple. All he has to do is get his papers from the prison to prove he was there and didn't get the checks. Can he prove that he didn't cash the checks?
He could have still received the checks in prison but he needs to go to the social security office and prove he was incarcerated and didn't cash the checks.
The story doesn't seem credible anyway if they didn't automatically stop the checks when he turned 18. They keep up with stuff like that. They know when you get a job or are in school, in prison, etc etc etc. He could argue that it was their own mistake if they did keep sending them to someone else. Get the proof, show it to social security and if that doesn't work get a lawyer.
