I'm 32 soon to be 33 and have a payee for my SSI I belive she is mishandling my funds and is with a Mental Health Drop in Center in Fairfield County Ohio area how do I go about getting legal satisfaction without fear of retribution by her?
133915
I personally would contact Social Security and tell them my suspicions. They may help you set her up! Ask if you can switch your payee to someone else. If she is mishandling your account, and you turn her in, then keep really good records on any conversations, e-mails etc.  Document document document.  Times, dates.  Should there be retribution, then you can turn her in again. And that would be proof too!  Good luck!
42527
If he is on a fixed income like SSI or SSD. You can't do anything but complain. Your lucky you even get $10.
209437
1. Write a letter POLITELY explaining the situation and that you want them to stop sending emails asking for money.  (If you can find a mailing address, send it certified mail with return receipt, so you can prove they received it)\n\n2. In the letter ask for confirmation IN WRITING that you have $0 account balance and that no further charges will be incurred.  Give them a deadline of between 7-10 days to respond (give the date, e.g. 5/1/06).\n\n3. If you do not get a response, or they refuse to follow your request, file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.  They can help mediate this type of dispute.  Bonus: your complaint goes on record for the public.\n\n4. If the BBB doesn't work, write another letter, certified mail again, with another 7-10 day deadline, still polite but more strongly worded.  Communicate what action you will be "forced" to take if you do not get a good resolution in this time frame (complaint to the state or US Attorney General, litigation...)\n\n5. As a last resort, consult a lawyer on what you can sue for in small claims court (some only allow monetary claims and are unable to enforce changes in behavior - or if small claims even has jurisdiction).  Most cities have a legal hotline you can call to find a lawyer who will give you a 1/2 hour consult for a small fee: Cincinnati $10.\n\n6. Monitor your credit report.  You want to know it if they file collection actions against you.\n\nRemember to document all communication with the company (keep copies of letters, a notebook with dates/times of any phone calls about the issue), put your name, address, email address and any account number on all correspondence, above all be polite!  If they are working in good faith to help you, then be a little flexible.  This could be an honest mistake!\n\nGood Luck!  This sort of thing can be tedious and frustrating, but well worth the effort.\n\nlizzy (Winner - v. Family Dental Care Associates, billing dispute 2003-2004).
550319
get another one and hope no one shady finds the old one.\n\nhttp://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber
515043
The support he pays to her or the court is not payable to you as a minor. She decides how and when to use it. You have the legal right to file a suit as an individual but I think it would be hard to find an attorney to represent you because for one if you loose he can't come against you for payment since you are a minor. Your best bet is to think this out and perhaps in time things will get better. You should talk to social services legal office in your area for advice, this gives all notice of your thoughts and perhaps they may intervene for you.
386215
1. Contact your US congressman for assistance.\n\n2. Apply to the Social Security office for survivor benefits.
425666
If your father is her power of attorney, as well as a signatory on her account, both of these need to be revoked if at all possible. If he is her Social security payee, then Social security needs to be notified and his payee status investigated for fraud and possibly revoked. Document EVERYTHING with dates and times. Get withdrawl statements from her bank if possible. She should be able to find a nursing home that will cover her with medicaid, however, if she has any tanglible assets, she will be required to liquidate them. If you know someone who is really trustworthy, she can sell them to that person, I think. Not sure if this is fraud or not. She needs a lawyer. And yes, call the police.
192929
call the social security office there is nothing i hate more then people who do that. my father is very sick and he is not eligible but i see all these people faking it and reeping money off the people who are currently not going to have social security as an option. another good way is to video tape it and send it to the social security office.
499504
Okay.  Just add to the details next time, okay?\n\nShe fit the requirements.  Actually she fit both requirements.  She was in her seventies, and she had a mental illness.  62 or over, and disabled.  Everybody deserves to live somewhere.  Where would you suggest the mentally ill live?\n\nI'm sorry about your disability, but I don't think it's right of you to act as though you're "more disabled" than someone with a mental illness (it sounds like you just have very little understanding of mental illness).\n\nShe may "know what she's doing" and she may also be a stalker, but that doesn't mean she understands how wrong it is, and what the consequences are, so it's not like she can be arrested and convicted for it.  It's more likely the management couldn't do much about it than that they "covered it up".\n\nI'm getting your frustration, and if you get any more nudie neighbors, call management, but for now, be happy Old Lady Pullsupskirt is no longer your neighbor.
658258
well sorry but it will take a while to get an approval for disability ( if you get approved at all)  my friend who has a serious illness was declined twice, had to get an attorney and took three years to finally get approved ( he got all the back pay though)\n\nBut you have to start with social service, go talk to one of the case workers,  they will have perhaps food stamps ( EBT cards)  and at times some emergency money for rent and utilities.
411486
1) Document everything \n2) Write a letter to them with the information detailed with dates - requesting to meet with them to resolve the matter, with a deadline for the meeting, note in the letter that you have consulted a lawyer would like to resolve the matter with one if possible.\n3) Check into small claims courts\n\nOr you can take the pissed off aproach and send them a letter and tell them if they don't pay-up, the unethical treatement of you will be reported to the BBB, show up in papers and you might decide to picket as well. \n\nEither way the letter with details is the most important as well as consequences if they do not follow-up with you.  Make sure what ever consequences you set - you follow-up on.\n\nGood Luck!  Go get your Money!!
255585
You can contact your public assistance office, The good will, the salvation army, or catholic services may help. Been down the same road you are now. Good luck! Also if you call the power company, most times they will be willing to set up payment arrangements.
150077
Has her oncologist said shes terminal ? or is it curable?? If shes terminal, she SHOULD be able to get SSI immediately, I did. And if shes too sick to go to them, they will do it over the phone. There are research clinical trials she may be able to get in also that would not cost her, but the important thing is to get her help ASAP! Most if not all hospitals have a fund set aside for patients who can not afford hospital bills, cant think of the name of it tho.. anyway, my aunt who is a nurse told me to go to the billing office and tell them I could not pay for my treatment (this was before i got the SSI) , and they could not turn a person down.. you have to sign a paper claiming pauper status, or did at that time. Check with her hospital and see if they have it, they will not offer it thats for sure but have to answer if they have such a program in thier hospital! Good luck and hopefully she will be getting treatment soon!\nOHHHH does she or can she get Welfare, such as food stamps? Some states will give you a medical card along with the food stamps if you are sick, so that might be an option also.
497671
Yes, she is in breach of contract.  You need to speak to a lawyer about this.  You should also have her arrested for fraud.  Giving your address and phone number is illegal.  The collection companies could press charges against her.  Talk to your family attorney regarding this matter.  A judge can force her to abide by her divorce decree.
643420
I think it depends on what you are receiving it for. For instance my sister gets SSI for a disability...to supplement. I think it is a either/or for her. You need to check with your provider for the details. Be sure on this question. Not to say that you may not find it on Yahoo Answers...but I would call and talk to them my self if I were you.  Since you are only 15...you will have to have you parent or guardian do it for you.
498152
I would first document your grievances in writing by certified mail. In many states it is illegal to publicize a social security number of someone else. Everywhere it is improper.\n\nFor the rest, the operative word in legal circles is "civility". You have, so long as you are yourself civil, a right to demand that from any lawyer and any law office.\n\nHow far you want to take it should depend on whether your financial interests rather than just your pride are compromised.\n\nAlways see your prospective lawyer in context before hiring him or her. I tell people to visit the courthouse and see them in action, talk to their clients.
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Sometimes the SSA will be compelled to garnish for long-standing bills. Recent changes in student loan programs, for example, expose Social Security to garnishment on defaulted loans, even if they're from decades before.\n\nIf you believe that you're being treated unfairly, I recommend that you get in touch with a lawyer that specializes in Social Security issues - or at least your local Legal Aid - and find out what your options are. Less than $1000/month for a household of seven people clearly puts you below the poverty line. You need to have a professional check out that garnishment issue and try to get you some money back. Good luck.