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Power of Attorney for Someone in Prison?I have been with my boyfriend for 3 years, we started as roommates, and have lived together for 3 years. We even plan on marriage, but he is still legally married. It was a mutual agreement between my boyfriend and his wife that they go their seperate ways other than caring for the 2 children they have together (they are teenagers now).

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?Is there any way to get my Social Security survivor benefits sent to me since I am only seventeen, but I have a dependent?

 

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Changing Name on Social Security Survivor's Check?I receive a survivor's check since my grandfather died and I was in his care at the time. I recently was adopted by my stepdad and now I have his last name. That was a few months before I turned 18. Now I get the check in my name and I need to change the last name on it.

 

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Duties of a Person with Power of Attorney?I am the oldest of 3 girls. Mother has had a hospital emergency. I was the only one that called 911, took her to the hospital, stayed, and then checked her in to find out what was wrong. My younger sister has the POA, and the hospital won't speak to me unless she gives permission. Is that correct?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benifits?I have recently gotten guardianship of my nephew who receives survivor benefits from his dad passing. The mother said that she would just send me the benefits when she received them, but it has been 3 months and nothing. I am not looking for the benefits to benefit me, but they should go to the child.

 

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Receiving Survivor Benefits While Attending College?I'm currently 17. In August I will be 18 and will be a senior in high school and I receive surviors benefits and I'm going to college. I want to know if I attend college will I still get my benefits?

 

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Acting as POA for Someone in Prison?My fiancé is in prison. He wants to marry me and he has a trust fund from his deceased father. He has not signed any papers with the trust/probate attorney because of his incarceration. What rights would I have if I am his fiance or if I marry him? He wants me to replace his brother as POA.

 

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Rights Of a POA?My nephew has DPOA for my father. Can my nephew sell his own house and make my father's house his own permanent home? My nephew is closing bank accounts left and right. My nephew's wife is signing back of checks to be deposited and signing checks to pay bills.

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?My son will be 18 next month and is getting my deceased husband's Social Security benefits. I was getting them as well and my son moved out. Once he turns 18 will I start getting them again?

 

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Record Keeping for Medicaid by POA?In regard to being a power of attorney (PoA), how far back do you have to keep documentation for accounting purposes?

 

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Rights of Person Holding a Power of Attorney?Does a POA give me the right to go and remove money if my dad askes me so?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My twins turned 18 on June 22nd this year and school did not get out til the 24th. Since they do not graduate til next year they both did the paper work to extend benefits til they graduate. They received a letter saying that their benefits would start in June, in their name.

 

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Widow's Eligibility for Survivor Benefits?My husband died when my children were very small. They drew survivor benefits till they were eighteen. I was not employed when he passed away and did not remarry until years later. I never drew widow's benefits although I believe I should have been able to. Can I get back pay for them now?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?Can my son claim anything if his dad has died? He's 16 and in full time education, but didn't live with him?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My dad died when I was 11; my mom was received money as a payee. I am 18 and I went to the Social Security office myself and I was told that it was my money and she was just the payee name. I have to go back to school next September, would I be able to recieve the money during summer till school starts back up?

 

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Responsibilities of Person With Power of Attorney?My brother is power of attorney for my mother. They reside in Georgia and I live in Maryland. My mother is living in an assisted living facility for Alzheimer's patients. When my mother has been admitted to the hospital or taken to the emergency room, my brother no longer informs me.

 

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Survivors Benefits and Food Stamps?Are my kids' survivors benefits used to determine eligibility for food stamps? They were denied food stamps on the basis that the household income exceeded the requirements despite the fact that I've not gone back to work since their dad died.

 

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Paying Back Child Support?My ex had custody and was receiving foodstamps and a medical card from jobs and Family Services. My license was taken away for not being able to pay back child support. He passed away 2 weeks ago and the 2 children are living with me. I called the child support office and they are closing his case.

 

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Receiving Survivor Benefits While in School?I am not passing my grades in school will this effect the amount of money I receive monthly?

 

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Qualifying for Social Security Survivor Benefits?Does the deceased person have to have previois work history for the child to receive death benifits? My son's father recently passed away and I'm curious as to how I can get benifits for him.

 

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Collecting Survivor Benefits for a Minor Child?My daughter just found out that her child's father passed away. He had never seen his daughter, but he did pay support for her through the court. How does my daughter go about getting her child survivor benefits? She has no information on him such as Social Security or death certificate.

 

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Having a Power of Attorney Revoked Due to Abuse?My aunt has POA over my grandmother. After a recent yearly visit, I noticed bruising on both my grandmother's arms. The home carer also documented the bruising. When questioned my grandmother said to the carer, to ask her daughter about it. When I asked, she said her daughter sometimes grabs and shakes her.

 

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Receiving Supplemental Security Income?So my friend receives SSI and I'm his payee. We live together; so if my friend passes away, as the payee I know to report it, but would I get his benefits still?

 

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Property Transferred Without Approval of Person with Power of Attorney?I have a medical and legal power of attorney for my brother. He has been in and out of the hospital. We learned yesterday that his roommate now owns his home. My brother thought he was making a change to his will a year ago. Now he found out he titled the deed to his roommate.

 

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Children Receiving Survivor Benefits?My wife died in 2014 and my three children receive survivor benefits, but I do not. I would like to get remarried and want to know if my children will stop receiving these benefits if I get married.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?I am in the 11th grade and won't graduate until I'm 20. I will be 19 in October of my senior year. When will my benefits stop?

 

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Children's Survivor Benefits Going to Noncustodial Parent?The children's father passed away in 2013 so his 2 kids get survivor benefits, but in November of 2015 the mother called for us to get the children. She is getting the money every month saying it's hers, but does not provide for the kids. Is this okay to do?

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?I was receiving Social Security benefits as a survivor after my father passed away. I recently turned 18 in March. I did not receive anything from work. Should I have received something for the month of March and do I get a lump sum?

 

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Eligibility for social Security Survivor Benefits?My mother who is 92 years old was married to my step dad for 38 years. He passed away in December last year. She filed to receive SS benefits from him and was denied the claim.

 

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Affidavit of Heirship and Power of Attorney?My uncle was a POA for my grandmother. She had land and a house. My uncle just took it upon himself and had my grandmother sign over her land and house to him. My grandmother was age 94 and could hardly see. There is an Affidavit of Heirs. Now Grandmother has passed and Uncle thinks he should get it all?

 

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Understanding Life Insurance Beneficiaries?Mom and Dad bought insurance policies on us, their 3 sons, and on themselves. On all policies, Mom and Dad were the owners and the beneficiaries.

 

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Transferring a POA?My mother currently has a POA for my brother who is incompetent. She can no longer handle the stress. How does she give me the POA for my brother so I can have legal rights to his medical records and information concerning him?

 

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Rights of a Power of Attorney?My wife has been diagnosed with dementia. Without my knowledge, her nephew got her to add him to her bank accounts. If I can get a durable POA, can I have him removed from her bank accounts?

 

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Concern Over Power of Attorney and Will?My aunt had a law firm set up her estate and living will. She left a trusted friend with power of attorney and as executor to her estate. 3 months later I read the will and the lawyers had left themselves in the will as the POA and executor. Red flag! What should I do?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My father died in 2005 and my mom has been receiving checks in my name from my father's Social Security. When I turned 18 my last check came in and my mom asked me to sign it over to her because I was 18. Could I have said no and kept the check? Or was I required to sign it over to her?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My daughter's dad passed away going on 7 years now and I was wondering if she is entitled to Social Security. See the situation is kinda difficult. When he died the Rio Rancho police department was held accountable and a lawsuit was won and trust funds were set up for my daughter and her step siblings.

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?I took care of my momma for nearly 3 years and up til she took her last breath I was her caregiver. Can I get survivors benefits?

 

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Extent of a Power of Attorney?If my mother gave my father POA and my father gives me POA, do I have a POA for my mother? Does this cover both financial and all legal matters?

 

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Collecting Survivor Benefits?My daughter's dad passed away 6 months ago at the age of 20. My daughter will be two next month. I applied, but was told he didn't have enough work credits, when he had four credits. I've been doing research and found a couple people were eligible when the other deceased parent didn't work at all.

 

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Acting as Grandfather's POA?I was appointed my grandparents' POA 10 years ago. My grandmother passed on 7 years ago. They have no living children. Doctors are evaluating him in a rehab facility.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?I have had full custody since 2007 of my two grandchildren. My granddaughter just turned 18 and is a senior in high school. Social Security has all the paper work proving she is still in high school. They said nothing would change with the money going into a bank account in our names.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?I live in North Carolina with boyfriend of 17 years. He draws disability and I'm his payee. I'm on all of his medical records, some as Mrs. Blakeney. If he should pass will I be entitled to draw his benefits?

 

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Rights of Person Holding POA?I need legal advice. My mother is on her death bed and my sisters have power of attorney and have refused me seeing my mom. She lives with one of my sisters. Some one please help me find out how to see my mom before she dies.

 

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Power of Attorney Responsibilities?My brother, who was incarcerated, asked me to be his POA. He is now out on parole and is still asking me to do things on his behalf. As POA am I a target if anything goes wrong? For example, bad business dealings on his part.

 

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Reinstating Social Security Survivor Benefits?I was wondering first, if you can get back pay from Social Security survivor benefits and second, how can you get benefits reinstated?

 

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Rights of Person Holding POA?Is it legal for the person holding a power of attorney to keep a family member, who has been living with the parent all her life, from seeing the parent after he moved the parent out without notice?

 

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Collecting Survivor's Benefits for a Child?My son's father died a couple years ago. He was never listed on his birth certificate, but I do have a paternity test. I was denied his benefits stating I need proof he was paying child support before his death. He was not court ordered, but I have documents from DHS showing their attempts to serve him.

 

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Distribution of Unclaimed Property?My mother died in 1999 and her estate has been settled. I found out that there was unclaimed property in the state of Pennsylvania. I tried to put a claim in, but the amount was too much. I told my brother who had POA and is the executor. A verbal agreement was to share it, but that is not happening.

 

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Incomplete Copy of Durable Power of Attorney?I have durable power of attorney over my dad and I just found out that the last 10 pages are missing. Now what do I do?

 

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Rights and Responsibilities of POA?Using his power of attorney, thinking he is protecting her assets from Medicare, my brother put my mother's stocks into his own account without my knowledge or hers. I have power of attorney as well. He refused to make it a joint account after she and I found out.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My brother signed for 2 children while he was married thinking they were his. Well he has passed and we found out he did not father either of them. They are both collecting from his pension. Is there any way to prove this so his biological son can receive all the benefits and not split with them?

 

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Getting a Passport to Mexico Using POA?My brother is in Mexico and he wants to see his kids that are in the U.S. In order for them to go they need their passports and their mom can't get them without my brother's signature. If he gives me the POA through a attorney from Mexico can I them signed for him, so his kids can get their passports?

 

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Social Security Overpayment?I receive survivor benefits for both my son and myself. They said that they overpaid me for 2014 in the amount of $5024.00. They are now withholding my benefits and my son's. Can they legally do this?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My mother passed away when I was ten and I receive Social Security benefits. I was wondering if I start to work would that be taken away from me I'm only 16?

 

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Power of Attorney for Parent?My sister went to her attorney and got a POA on our mother, who has Alzheimer's. She never discussed with me. The only way I found out was that she let it slip. I just don't know why my sister did this. It is only the two of us and I am the oldest. What can I do about this?

 

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Community Garden Tenant Rights?I live in a apartment which I bought, but it is lease hold. It comes with a community garden which we all pay for. The community charges for the upkeep. We are in loggerheads with the managing agent of the apartments about what plants we can put in it.

 

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Receiving SSI Payments?Can a mother's children still get SI payments from their father even if she makes $60,000-$70,000 a year?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My aunt, 67, was married to my uncle, who was a US Citizen collecting Social Security. He just passed away a month ago. My aunt is in the beginning process of adjusting her legal status as she doesn't have a Social Security number and entered on a visitor's visa years ago, but it's now expired.

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefits?My father died about 20 years ago. I'm 23 and I never got money or any social benefits from his death, but my other brothers and sisters did. How can I get my benefits?

 

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Obtaining Guardianship of Disabled Adult?I would like to see if someone can please give me some feedback. I have a disabled brother who I've been taking care for since 13 years of age. I never got custody of him because I never knew about it when I was younger.

 

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Survivor Benefits for Children?My daughter's father passed when she was 11 months old. She is 11 years old now. There is 1 other child receiving survivor's benefits. The other child just turned 18 and graduated from high school. Will my daughter get her portion of the benefits?

 

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Collecting Social Security Disability?Does my SS Disability check increase after my children turn 18 and the family benefit expires? They have both turned 18 and are no longer eligible. Will my monthly check now absorb what was previously paid to them, since there is no one else eligible to make a claim off my SS number?

 

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Social Security Death Benefits?My husband was drawing disability. He adopted my son and he also got a check. The checks came with my husband's name on one of them an the other one had my name and my son's name on it. My husband passed and now it's SSDB that he gets.

 

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Power of Attorney and Rental Lease?I own a townshome and rented to an elderly lady with a 2 year lease. Her daughter had power of attorney. They paid one year's rent in advance. However after 3 months, the elderly lay has died and her daughter is now the executer, but has moved into the townhouse with her family.

 

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SSD and Child Support?My daughter's father has never helped me with her since the day she was born. He has begun to receive Social Security disability, but owes no child support. How do I go about getting financial help from him? We have recently become homeless and I lost my job. I am feeling hopeless.

 

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Obtaining a POA?My husband is in jail and needs a criminal defense attorney. The property is only in his name and he wants me to try to sell it. He wants to give me POA so I can try to sell it.

 

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Financial Responsibility for Funeral Expenses?My ex-husband just passed and I was told by the funeral home that being that we were married 25 years and never married anyone else that I am responsible for half of the funeral expense. Is this true that there is a law for this?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?I am 49 years old and was diagnosed with a rare terminal lung disease about 13 years ago. My mother who is now 73 chose to take early retirement to take care of me. She receives Social Security and I receive Social Security disability, as I am no longer, nor will I ever be able to work again.

 

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Rights and Responsibilities of Power of Attorney?Can my mom who has power of attorney over my grandmother keep me from seeing her? My mom and I got into a fight and for over a year she has kept me from calling and seeing my grandmother.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?I have been getting mother's benefits. My son turned 16 and mine stopped in March. My son is disabled. In November I made a disability claim for my son. They told me I had to do it to keep my mother benefits. It is now May and I have not heard anything.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?I had a son with my ex. He was never really involved and never signed the birth certificate. He lived in Florida, he passed away in a car accident about 4 months after my son turned 3. My ex's mother sent me his death certificate months later.

 

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Responsibilities of Power of Attorney?My mother-in-law got Poa of her brother after he was hit by a car, He gets a diability check every month. when he got out of the hospital, he moved in with my mother-in-law and father-in-law. After 3 months they had to put him in a nursing home, because he was getting violent.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My mom passed away in February of this year. She started receiving Social Security 2 or 3 months before she passed. Will or can my stepdad receive her benefits if they never married? She never used his last name. They had a child together, my brother. He has my mom's last name.

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?My father passed away and my mom receives survivor benefits for both me and my younger sister, who will be 16 next month. My sister is planning on getting engaged and the boy's mother will be her legal guardian. Will my mom still receive the benefits for my sister after this process takes place?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?Recently my 6 year old daughter's father passed away. I have tried applying for survivor benefits for her twice now. Each time I have brought in her birth certificate, which has his name on it, his death certificate, and a copy of acknowledement of paternity which was provided by vital records in the state my child was born in.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My grandfather died 4 years ago. He and my grandmother never got divorced, but they were separated for 36 years. There was no contact at all. She left him with all 8 children and got pregnant with another man 36 years ago. She recently filled for my grandfather's Social Security and got approved.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My brother is disabled and doesn't get a lot from a disability check of $740 monthly. He would not be able to live on it if something were to happen to my mother. If my mother were to die, can my brother collect her SS or survivor benefits? They live together now; my father is deceased.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?Our single daughter passed away last year. She was 38 years old and had been contributing to Social Security since she was 16. Why does that money not go to her mother and I? So the government gets it all with nothing for her family?

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefits?I just found out my ex-husband died; we were married for 16 years, but divorced for 33. I also just found out he remarried, but am not sure for how long. Do I get my ex-husband's survivor's benefits or do I have to share with the current wife?

 

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POA Rights?I am not officially married to my boyfriend, but we have 1 year old daughter. I have given him POA over our daughter. In some days I'm flying with my daughter, without my boyfriend. Do I need POA permission from him? I'm not sure, if they will ask me this on airplane, because our daughter took her father's surname not mine.

 

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Responsibilities of POA?My sister in law has power of attorney over her mom, and I am the full time care giver of her mother and have been for the past four years. With me being the caregiver does she have to pay to me for caring for her mom 24/7 for four years?

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?My 9 year old child's father passed away 14 months ago. I've been getting death benefits for her since his passing. I have been using them for her, but haven't kept record of it :( I have had it deposited into my account and use it as needed.

 

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Eligibility for Survivor Benefits?My brother passed away. He was not married. Can an old girlfriend receive his benefits?

 

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Receiving Survivor's Benefits?When my child turns 16 I guess I lose my survivor's benefits from my deceased husband. My question is will the money I have been receiving go to her added to what she already receives?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My daughter passed away and she has 3 minor children. She was never married to the father of the boys and my daughter had the sole custody of the children. The father never paid child support. Can I file for benefits for the children?

 

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Collecting Back Child Support?My mother was owed tens of thousands of dollars in child support. This was between 25 to 35 years ago. Back then in Philadelphia there was no enforcement. My father was murdered about 10 years ago and would have been about 75 today. Can my mother collect anything from Social Security or any back pay? They were married 20 years.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My grandson is 9 yrs old. His mother died recently at age 25. She only had 5 credits of work and we were told the cutoff for being insured is 6 credits. Is her son elegible for any partial credit or is he just out of luck because she didn't work and pay into Social Secrity an extra few weeks.

 

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Using a Power of Attorney?My husband's mother has dementia, but her doctor says it is not bad enough that she can't make her own decisions. Does the power of attorney give him the right to put her in the nursing home without her wanting that? She is 84 and forgets everything. She really can't take care of herself.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor's Benefits?I am 36 years old. I just recently found out who my father is. He died when I was one. I have had a DNA test conducted with his daughter, from his wife, and it shows that without a doubt we are siblings.

 

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Receiving Benefits for a Disabled Child?My son turned 16 in March. I was getting mother's benefits for him. In November I got a letter from Social Security saying that I would lose the benefits if he is not disabled. I made a disabled claim in November. They said that was all I needed to do.

 

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Social Security Disability and Paternity?I am the youngest of 13 kids from my mother and father, and my father had one child from another woman he never married. I am 25, unmarried and the child, my brother, is 15. My father is dying and I am in the process of filling out a disability application.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Disability?I had 1 SSN# from 1972 to 1996. I got new card with a change of birth year and my name changed, and place of birth to get away from my abusive husband who wanted to kidnap my child and take out of country.

 

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Social Security Death Benefits?My ex-husband passed away in 2010. I am the one the money was going to. My youngest daughter is currently residing with her aunt, a short term situation. The money was going towards what it's supposed to, making sure the bills were paid, rent, utilities, etc.

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor's Benefits?My father past away the first of last year. My mother receives Social Security on my behalf, which is to take care of me, for essentials, etc. I moved out about 5-6 months ago with my fiancé. I am only 17 and I will be 18 in December and I haven't attended school since before he past.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My dad past away. I am his only son, but there was no will. He got SSD; do I get that or what happens?

 

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Paying Back Survivor's Benefits?My father died when I was around 12 and my mother collected survivor's benifts on my behalf. When I was 17, I started working and making a lot of money. So now my mother owes that money back. I am 19 now and I am wondering if the government will come after my tax refund to settle that debt?

 

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Rights of Power of Attorney?My mother made me her durable power of attorney about six months ago. My mother has dementia and needs constant care. She has enough money to pay someone to come stay with her for a few months. My younger brother has been living with her for 14 years and has never paid for anything.

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?My granddaughter's father just died a couple weeks ago; she is 9 years old. He had been receiving benefits for 11 years, up until he died. I am her guardian. Will she now be able to receive his benefits? He is on the birth certificate. He was in a relationship with my daughter for 11 years.

 

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Eligibility for Survivor Benefits?My niece's mom died when she was 7. I have been caring for her since. She now is pregnant and still lives with us and is attending school. Will this new circumstance effect her benefits? Also, is there any other type of help out there?

 

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Receiving SSI Checks?My ex-husband gets SSI and got a check for my 16 year son too. My son only lived with him for only 6 months and came back to live with me, but my ex-husband is keeping my son's checks. What can I do?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?I just found out my father passed away in 2004. I want to know could I get anything from his Social Security. My mom also passed away in 2011; could I get Social Security from her?

 

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POA for Incarcerated Boyfriend?Long story short, my BF lives in the United States, but I do not. He was incarcerated, but gave me power of attorney to try and sell his vehicles. The problem is his vehicles are under financing and a lean loan. Should I inform these companies that he is incarcerated?

 

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Power of Attorney for Military Retirement?My husband died a month ago and we were married almost 9 months ago here in the US. When he passed away I didn't know what to do, so I asked my husband's daughter to help me. She said I needed to sign for her to have power of attorney. I did sign and now I'm still waiting.

 

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Obtaining Guardianship for Drug Addicted Mother?I have a friend whose mother is addicted to prescription pain pills and has been for 10 years or more. Her mother is close to 50 years old and she lives with my friend, her daughter. She does not work and is totally dependent on her daughter and her husband.

 

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Financial Power of Attorney Responsibilities?I have taken care of my mother's finances since my dad passed away 21 years ago. Only recently I became POA for her finances. I was told that I have to account for all checks made out to me. Do I need to go back 21 years or just as far as when I became financial POA?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My daughter's father died and she receives death benefits. I was wondering if she will still receive them if my new husband adopts her?

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?I've been receiving Social Security survivor benefits for my daughter. She turned 18 this month and her school sent in the forms. She's a full time student in the 9th grade. They sent in papers that I signed saying that all the benefits are used for her. Will they send a check in her name?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?I received a letter saying that when my son turns 16, my benefits will be cut off. I want to know if that is true?

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor's Benefits?I had been receiving survivor benefits for my 2 children since their father passed away in June 2014. Our son turned 18 in November, which is when he started to receive his own check.

 

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Reporting Social Security Distribution to IRS?Due to my father's passing in 2014, I received a portion of his last Social Security check that was issued and split with my brother, sister. I and received a SSA 1099 form after I submitted and received a federal income tax return for 2014.

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefits?So my dad passed away the year I was born and I receive checks. I haven't been with my mother since I was 14 due to family problems. Who do I need to talk with to see about the checks now that I'm 18?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My biological father died, but he gave up rights to me. Can I still get his Social Security benefits? If so how do I go about doing so? Also he died when I was 16; I am now 28. Can I get a lump sum of back pay? I could really use the money. I have a child of my own and no money.

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?Can I receive my stepfather's SSI benefits? I am 44 years old.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?I got the benefits from my late husband transferred from me to my son. He is now 17 years old and still is in the 10th grade at high school. He will not finish high school until he is 19. Does he get the benefits until he is finished high school?

 

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POA Rights and Responsibilities?My friend's daughter has the POA for her. However, the daughter just recently went to the bank where the account was and moved the money out of my friend's account and started a new account in her name. Is that legal?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My son died at age 25 he never worked much due to incarceration. He has been married and divorced and has a 3 year old daughter. Will she be eligible for anything from Social Security even though he never paid much in?

 

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Social Security Death Benefits?My father-in-law passed away on 28/10/2014. We came to know that his daughter, who is in the USA, withdraw all his bank accounts saying that she need money to do the funeral. Can she claim that money from the Social Security without telling other the sister and brothers in Sri Lanka?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?I heard that you may get remarried and keep your benefits. It this true?

 

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SSI and Child Support?My son is 18 and draws SSI. He gets a child support check from his father. The SSI is not much because he gets that support check. When my disabled son turns 19 am I required to draw directly the full amount from SSI which will be more of course if his father has no support obligations.

 

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Social Security Survivor Retro Payments?If my sons' dad passed on 11/29 and they were approved for retro payments, will they count November as the first benefit month or December?

 

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Survivor Benefits and Adoption?My son has been receiving survivor death benefits in the state of Florida since 2005. If he is adopted by a stepparent will his benefits end?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My son had a baby with a girl that did not put his name on the birth certificate. My son died. Can the girl collect survivor benefits from my son's account?

 

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Death Benefits and Taxes?My boys receive death benefits from their father. I'm the payee on their checks. My question is can my oldest son claim them on his taxes since he lives with us and pays half the bills and buys half the groceries?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My son is 5 years old and his father just passed away. He was receiving Social Security benefits when he died. This is his only son and his name is on the birth certificate. Is my son eligible to receive anything?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?I'm 17 years old with a 10 month old. My mom gets a check for my dad being dead. She isn't using it to take care of me. If I said something could I get that check and have it in my name? I don't attend school because I'm having financial problems with transportation and day care fees.

 

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Adoption and Social Security Survivor Benefits?I am raising my 8 year old sister-in-law. Her mother died when she was 4 years old. She is currently receiving Survivor's benefit pay. I love her like my own, and I want to adopt her. After I adopt her, will she still get benefits or will that go away because of the adoption?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My daughter's father passed away in 2012 she was 4. I applied and was denied because they said the father didn't have any income. I thought this is what Social Security was in place for. Am I incorrect? Many people with similar situations have told me they received benefits.

 

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POA Responsibilities Toward Alcoholic Parent?I am my father's POA, he has been drinking to 300+ blood alcohol levels and as he begins to sober he starts again. Can I commit him?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?I wanted to know, if I never collected my deceased father's Social Security Survivor's insurance benefits at the age of 15 since I had no clue I could and my mother didn't either can I collect them now at the age of 39?

 

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Understanding Property Use Laws?How could an outsider place a store, a house, and a pipeline on someone's property without their knowledge and consent?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?I have full custody of my son. His mother has never been in his life. She had no visitation rights; she left him with me on the 3rd day he was alive. I took her to court, but she didn't show because she is a alcoholic and has no home and no job.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?How we claim the benifits of my father? He died 2 years ago here in the Philippines and we are not US citizens. We are living here in the Philippines and my sibling needs educational assistance.

 

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Power of Attorney and Parent in Nursing Home?I have power of attorney for my father. He has POA for my mother. He has not been declared incompetent but should be. They are both in a nursing home. He wishes to check himself and my mother out and return home. They both have major health problems and are almost blind.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?When my father died, my mother started to receive a Social Security check for me and my siblings. About two years ago my older sister turned my mother in for not using the check like she was supposed to, so my mother had it taken away from her.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My father passed away in 1986. My siblings and I received monthly benefits till we reached the cut off age. So our mother was only the benificiary and the payments were stopped, but she is still alive. How many payouts or how many months or years should my mother receive monthly benifits?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?I am currently drawing Social Security Disability and my son also draws a check for me being disabled. My wife, and my son's mother passed away a few years ago from cancer. Are either of us eligible to draw Social Security Survivor benefits from her?

 

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Social Security Disability Payments for Dependents?My father past away when I was 11 years old from cancer. He was receiving benefits and it stopped when he passed. People would tell my mother that she could still receive benefits for the children (4 of us all underage), but she never went to apply.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?My husband was receiving Social Security disability benefits and has passed away. Will I receive any survivor benefits?

 

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Survivor's Benefits for 18 Year Old?I have custody of my grandson. His father had orders for child support for years and never paid. My grandson is now 18 and not a full time student. His father just died, can he get benefits?

 

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Responsibility for Deceased Parent's Debts and Possessions?My father was ill for over a year and recently passed, with no will. He had few assets due to the past medial bills of my mother. He only had an older car worth less than $1K and about $2K in a checking account.

 

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Power of Attorney and Selling a Home?My father-in-law died 7 months ago, his power of attorney was held by his lawyer who has been great until now. We are in the middle of trying to sell my father-in-law's home and the attorney just says he is done. Can the person with power of attorney just walk away like that?

 

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Collecting Social Security Survivor's Benefits?My husband is and has been collecting SSA/SSI disability since he was 18. He is not expected to make it through the next month. He is now 34. Can my daughter or I collect survivor's benefits if he did not have any taxable income?

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?I have a six year old daughter. My husband, from whom I was legally separated, passed away. He was 36 and never collected Social Security. He worked all but for the last 5 years, paying into Social Security every week.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My husband is deceased and we have a minor child. My husband and I had been seperated for 13 years and never got divorced. Is my child able to get Social Security benefits now that he passed away? She is the only minor child.

 

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Appropriate Use of Survivor Benefits?My mother has recently passed away and I have taken guardianship of my younger sister who is seventeen years old. In my home I now have my husband and three children. My question is what are the benefits entitled to be spent on?

 

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Cashing a Check Issued to a Deceased Parent?My mom is deceased and we didn't get a POA. She gave me her house. The question I have is that I received two checks from a bill creditor, but the problem is the check came in my mom's name. How can I cash the check?

 

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Social Security Disability Benefits?My daughter's biological father received SSI Disability. If the courts relinquish his parental rights, will she still receive benefits?

 

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Eligibility for Military Survivor Benefits?If a person wasn't married to the deceased, but he had two children how will benefits be distributed? Will they go to the children or to the mother of the children? Will she receive these benefits or will it go in a trust fund for the children until they get older?

 

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Responsibilities of Power of Attorney?If you have power of attorney for an elderly granmother and she dies, are you responsible for her debts?

 

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Smoking Neighbor?Is there some legal action I can take about the smoke getting in my apartment from my neighbor downstairs? We are getting sick as if we ourselves smoked. I have a 9 years old affected by the contaminated air too. What can I do to make the air cleaner?

 

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POA Verses Trustee of a Trust?I have a brother who has been supported by our parents for about the last 30 years, he receives a civil service check every month for less than 800.00 a month. Over the past three years I have flown back and forth out of state to care for them.

 

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Child's Eligibility for Parent's Life Insurance?My son was in a car accident. My question is, he had a daughter that he never got to see but maybe 10 times. The baby's mom told him she had 90 days to take him off the birth certificate and she changed the baby's name back to her maiden name.

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefits?If my ex husband of 12 years draws more retirement SSI than I do, can he get my full survivor's benefits when I die?

 

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Survivor's Benefits Back Pay?Social Security made a mistake in 2004 by telling me that my husband did not earn enough for survivor's benefits and I would be better off taking the VA widows pension and SSI.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?My ex is collecting child support from me for my son. I just found out that she also gets Social Security for my son from her live in boyfriend who passed away like 10 years ago. My son does have that guy's last name, but is it legal for her to do this?

 

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Social Security Disability Benefits?The father of my daughter applied for and is receiving Social Security disability. We never married, but we live together we have been going through rough times and it's time to separate. My question is now that we are separating who gets the money?

 

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Survivor Benefits?My children receive survivors benefits. It is more than I got in child support. So will my food stamps get cut back because they are now receiving money?

 

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Guardianship and Social Security Survivor Benefits?My parents passed away two years ago and now I have guardianship of my brother and sister. If I get married does that effect the benefits?

 

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Social Security Settlement?My son's father passed away when he was six. When my son was 19 he was deemed disabled and is getting Social Security benefit from his deceased father. Is there a reason why he wouldn't have gotten a settlement?

 

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Changing a Power of Attorney?My mom is 89 and has dementia. Let me say there is a substantial amount of money and posessions at stake. She and my now deceased dad made a living will and trust in 2000. My dad passed away 7 years ago. I have 1 brother and he is a prescription drug addict and an alcoholic.

 

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Survivor Benefits?I have a 5 year old daughter. Her father was killed in 2011. He had received SS benefits since the age of 6. I tried twice, to get her his benefits but they told me she couldn't receive any because her father never worked.

 

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Survivor Benefits Eligibility?How far back can you go back to get spousal survivor benefits? I was getting Social Security at the time of my wife's death in 2004. If so, how many checks is to be received?

 

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