How Should a Representative Payee Spend a Child's SSI Benefits?

Can i use my kid money to buy a car from the dealership since my car i use to go to place broke down and use it for monthly payments

My wife died 5 years ago and my children have been receiving SSI checks with me as the representative payee. I want to save for their college fund, but I read that if I save more than $2,000 they could lose their benefits, as this is considered an asset above what is allowed. Is this accurate, or am I misunderstanding the rules?

Good afternoon, I would like to know if it's possible to be a payee for both of my children? I am curious because I'm not sure how that exactly works. My son currently receives and I haven't applied for my daughter because I'm not certain if I was allowed to represent both of my children? I apologize if this is a dumb question. Thank you

I was told that I have too bring in my receipts and all bank transactions. Every time I get his back pay. Not once a year. Also they sent me a letter saying that I would receive his 2nd payment in June. I called a representative that told me I have to come in with my receipts for one deposit.

How old can a child be to be responsible for there own ssi and not a a payee ?

Can a person get in trouble if they used some of there daughters money on 2 plane tickets once for a family vacation?

Can money received from ssi that was put into the dedicated account be used for a vacation for the child?

Hi my ex is disabled and receives SSI for himself. My son also receives SSI and when we divorced I told him to keep it to provide.or son with items he needs. I do not see this money being spent on our son or being put away for his future. Can he get into trouble for that? Im going to request that the fund be deposited into my son's savings account since I provide almost everything for him, while his father is out buying hunting gear, lift kits for his trucks, etc.

I currently checked my credit report and there are medical bills from my son in collections. He lived with his mother and she received ss disabilty for him. The collector says that I am responsible. Anyone have input on if this is true

My children receive survival benefits from their dad can they spend the money anyway they choose. I have also opened an account for each of them how do I get the checks​ deposited into either their accounts or mine so I can give it to them?

Can a judge order a portion of child support benefits to be put in a savings account?

My wife spent all of my 2boys ssi payments on herself and did nothing for the kids and won't talk to them. They are living with me know. What can be done about this

I am now the beneficiary of my son's benefits because the last person he appointed to be that took all of his benefits and kicked him out of the house is want to know how do I become the only sole beneficiary of his benefits so he can get the proper care. With out him changing it to another wrong person just on a whim. He can not make proper choices. Or live alone

I need help please re: what I can spend my child's SSI on. Specifically, her regular monthly payments are $654.xx. I hear conflicting input. Legally the SS website and your site state that I can spend her SSI on shelter. However, the SSI office personnel I had to apply thru, provide boatloads of data to, told me I CANNOT use her SSI money on shelter under certain circumstances. We live in CA where the cost of living is crazy high. We rent. Our monthly rent is $4200. There are 6 in our family (self, husband, and 4 children all living at home). What the SSI guy told me was that I could not use her SSI for living expenses IF the housing cost (4200) divided by # of residents (6) exceeds her check amount. Basically, it was my understanding that 1/6 the rent (700) is greater than her monthly 654.xx check so it CANNOT be used toward rent. As if that isn't crazy enough... he also told me that the amount she receives is based on many things including that she still lives with us under our roof. There is no available group type housing near us that she could go to and even if there was, she is functioning so low (about 3rd grade) that we don't feel that is a safe situation being that she is female. Anyway is it true that we cannot use her SSI toward rent because she still lives with us? I am so confused. She is 19 just today, and is also covered under my husbands medical and dental as well which has great coverage and minimum co-pays and she is rarely ill, so basically, as far as I can tell, there are NO approved spending items her SSI money can be used on that would even come close to the monthly amount, which means it gets saved up and then within 4 months max she has more than $2000 so that stops her eligibility, so I hear? Then there is the lump sum back payment and its ridiculously limited uses, a whole other tangled web of confusion.

Iam a representative payee for my 2 kids..And they share the same back account..Is that a problem?

Apparently as a child I was supposed to receive a retro-check (from Father's Disability Benefits...?) but of course I never knew of it until my parents and step parents were all trying to get their hands on it thru me when I became of age (18). There are strong accusations that the money was stolen by the benefits Payee Representative (again, I was only a child-beneficiary) and/or a former step-parent. I can't imagine that such a large sum of money in this particular case wouldn't have a paper-trail, but I have no idea how to find out who ultimately--and unlawfully-- received the benefits. I never cared to help my family find it since they all fought over it, but it's been a whole decade and I had a lawyer tell me I should definitely try to find the money.

If father of is getting child payment and does not have the custody of minor and does not give any money to the mother for the child's needs would that be considered Fraud, the mother and father were never married and are not living together, mother takes care of baby, can mother get payment for child changed to her to take care of child.

I am soon turning 62, I am eligible to take SS and I have 3 minor children who I will take SS for as well. I keep reading about spending the payments for the needs of the child but nothing specifically is mentioned. For example someone says food cost. Yet prior to claim my SS benefit I paid to feed my children. So how do I determine the cost of feeding them after I start receiving SS for them? The same for utilities etc?

Hello, my husband is disabled and my daughter receives auxiliary benefits because of his disability. My daughter received a large lump sum and receives a large monthly payment as well. I fill out the rep. payee report every year and this year I received a letter 6 months later requesting a summary of monthly expenses for the year 2016. I was concerned and I called SS and asked them to clarify what they would like from me. They said that my report was flagged because of the large amount of money I spent in 2016 and they wanted to ensure that the money was being spent on the welfare of my child. ALL of the money was spent on her. We enrolled her in many activities, took her on vacations, bought her clothes, an electric scooter, etc. I also still have a large lump sum in a separate bank account for her. I am just wondering what happens next. I am preparing my monthly summaries and am going to send them off in 2 days. I was told that SSDI auxiliary benefits were less strict, but I still can't help but be concerned because I have read that some items are at SS discretion. Am I going to be audited?

My husband passed away last year and our son and I were completely dependent on him. He was our only source of income. My son and I are both receiving survivor's benefits from social security but it's not nearly enough to cover living expenses. Basically, all of it goes to pay the mortgage and there is nothing left over. Can my son lose his survivor's benefit because I use it to pay the mortgage? We desperately need the money and it seems ridiculous that they could take it away from people who need it the most.

Do you know about the %of each items (food, bills, clothing, tutoring ect

My son recently was approved but didn't receive all his back pay. I would like to know can I request for my car that in use to transport him to and from school, doctor appointment, and visits be paid off with his back pay. If so how can I go about making those arrangements.

i'm getting child benefits because my dad is on disability. do these benefits pay for travel? like airplane and hotels?

Hello I am rep payee for my granddaughter. She recently received a large back pay amount after an appeal. She was previously on SSI and they decided to do a review. They also decided she was no longer disabled. Well after an appeal they reversed their decision. I had to open a dedicated account for back pay which is fine. Now I'm told that the funds can only be used for certain things which is fine. But my question is this... wouldn't the back pay be considered her monthly benefit she was already getting? I was told by a rep from SSA that she is responsible for a fourth of all bills in home since there are 4 of us. Would back rent be okay to use from dedicated account?