Can a sister receive Social Security when brother passes? My brother is not married, with no children. When he passes can his SS benefits be passed on to his only surviving family member...his sister?
By Fran
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Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. I have never heard of anybody other than a spouse and kids getting survivor's benefits.
No. The system was set up to help surviving spouses and children only. If he wanted you to receive something, he'd have left you as his beneficiary on his life insurance policy.
This happened to my wife too, and I think it is ridiculous that SS does not allow a sibling to get these benefits, yes, he had a child, but she did not take care of her father, my wife did for many years during his disability and illness.
She drove him to Dr. appts., drove him anywhere he needed to go, he lived with us and that was a nightmare for me (her husband) because he was verbally abusive toward her and myself, he was also an alcoholic.
And we were the ones that had to make all the funeral arrangements, pay for whatever was needed, and we get zero in SS Death Benefits.
This needs to change so those that actually DO care for their brother or any sibling can get the death benefit.
I could see it going to his daughter providing she cared for him and he lived in her home! He did not.
We had that burden, she wouldn't even allow her father to come live with her because she wanted no responsibility for any of his problems.
So I think it is grossly unfair that my wife went through his abuse, and we pay out for everything and we can't even be entitled to the Death benefit which is a lousy $255?
Again, this needs to change for those that do the actual care and take on the expense of a sibling, no matter if a child or "divorced" spouse is living or not, if they did nothing they should get nothing, but as SS has it, they do nothing, someone else foots the bill, and they get "free money!" I'm sorry, there is something very wrong with this setup and it really angers me that we went through Hell and trials and tribulations with him, only for someone else to be able to collect that "Death benefit!
And they sure won't pass that money back to us (they won't even apply for it, and if they did, they would not give my wife a cent of it - that just is NOT right!), which, again, this SS Death benefit in my opinion is rightfully due my wife for what she endured taking care of him, and transporting him to the best of her own ability.
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