If I’m on SSI and my father just died, if I’m the beneficiary of his life insurance policy will SSI take that amount out of my SSI?
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If I’m on SSI and my father just died, if I’m the beneficiary of his life insurance policy will SSI take that amount out of my SSI?
Will I have to essentially give back the same amount from my inheritance to SSI?
Asked on February 12, 2019 under Estate Planning, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
If the policy leaves the money directly to you, no: the money is never his money for SSI to take. It is money that the insurer gives directly to you as a result of its contractual obligations (an insurance policy is a contract). If he didn't leave it directly to you but had it go to his "estate" to then be distriburted as per his will, then creditors, including the government, could potentially get it: in this case, it became an asset of his estate and subject to his debts. But again, so long as it goes directly to you, they can't touch it.
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