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Regina2 Asked August 2015

What happens if SS check is automatically deposited each month, and parent passes away after the check has been deposited?

Do I write a check and send it back to social security, or does the money stay in account to use?

CarlaCB Aug 2015
I thought the rule was that you have to live the entire month to get a payment in the next month. So the payment made in the month of death is for the previous month. If the person lives until after the payment is made, I think they get to keep the payment.

pamstegma Aug 2015
It gets automatically UNdeposited and stopped. SS reads all the death certificates and takes it back.

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