When she is 18, they would be able to apply for her but it all has to be set up now, if they are holding funds in her name.I know they have mentioned Social Security specifically as a reason for establishing the trust for Abbie.....basically it has to be in a trust to prevent Abbie’s social security from being taken away. I assumed at the time that they were referring to her getting SSDI once she’s 18, now I guess they could have been approved many years ago and have “creatively arranged” things to prevent the SSI benefit from being pulled.....however that seems like an awful lot of “creativity” and risk for a paltry amount of funds compared to what they receive from various social media platforms and collabs.
I can personal attest, that if she is on SSI right now, someone needs to call (or a lot) and get it removed, pronto. SSI is not disability only but an income based program. There are no shortcuts and SSA would have a field day with them. It is a federal crime to lie and you have to yearly report for the benefits. The vehicles alone with disqualifying them...
I am just thinking of all the other things. I don’t know how the lawsuit was settled but those funds would disqualify her, unless they were placed in a special needs trust (which wasn’t even able to started until a few years ago). The house, where did the $60k down payment come from? A & P are only allowed to have $3k in checking and savings, at one time, if it goes over, Abbie would be denied anymore payments. The life Insurance policies, I believe are whole life, that is an immediate disqualifier.
SSA keeps on top of this all too... They can pull bank records, real estate transactions, DMV records, etc. and do yearly on all individuals that receive SSI individuals and if they have a representative payee (which is required for anyone under 18), both parents too... The P would be required to turn in business records for all their businesses each year too...
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