Should a Rep Payee Recoup SSI Overpayments from a Previous Rep Payee?
I am the new Representative Payee for a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiary. The beneficiary was overpaid...
Read moreYour role as representative payee does not give you authority to establish a trust for her benefit. If she is not competent to execute the trust herself or grant you a durable power of attorney, you will have to go to court to create the trust. What benefits your sister needs and can qualify for may affect the form of the trust, or whether one is necessary at all.
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I am the new Representative Payee for a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiary. The beneficiary was overpaid...
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If you set up a special needs trust to hold a loved one?s personal injury settlement or to protect government benefits and...
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Special needs planners often recommend life insurance as a funding mechanism for an SNT. Here's why, and what yo...
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