Can SSI Be Garnished?
Can SSI Be Garnished? Can SSI be garnished? The bank account of a person is the first thing that creditors will be looking to seize when they have a judgment against them. However, if those funds came from SSI or…
Can You Increase Your Social Security Benefits?
All you have to do is type ‘maximize Social Security’ into Google or any other search engine and you will get hundreds, if not thousands, of hits.
SECURE Act has Changed Special Needs Planning
An applicable multi-beneficiary trust can solve some--but not all--of the challenges that the new act presents.
A Four-Decades Long Social Security Scam Finally Ends
In February, Social Security officials calculated that a woman who was sent monthly checks for decades was 114 years old. The problem? The lifelong New Yorker died more than 40 years ago—and may never have seen a penny of her retirement checks totaling nearly a half-million dollars.
Possible Pitfalls for Special Needs Planning for Parents
Both the state and federal government, administered through the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Medicaid provide disabled individuals with a variety of life enhancing, and sometimes life sustaining, public benefits.
Extra Social Security Benefits for Divorced People
While it's not the best idea to expect your benefits alone to support you in retirement (after all, Social Security is only designed to replace around 40% of your pre-retirement income), some retirees have no other option but to depend on their monthly checks to cover the majority of their expenses.
Social Security Theft Is on the Rise: Be Prepared and Protected
Last fall, after the Equifax breach, Jim Borland, acting deputy commissioner for communications at the Social Security Administration wrote a blog post on the agency website headlined ‘Protecting Your Social Security.’