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a public official when he tried to bribe two arresting officers with tickets for the Miami Dolphins, whose season as of that date was 0 and 7. Said the chastising judge: “Have you been following the Dolphins? No one would want tickets to that game anyway!”

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may not need a copy of the death certificate. They of proration can help out when someone first starts may get proof of your husband’s death from other getting Social Security. For example, if you took bensources, such as the funeral home or the bureau of efits at age 66 and you turned 66 on June 28, you YOUR vital statistics. would get a check for the whole month of June even Normally, I’d suggest that you try to handle though you are only 66 for 3 days of the month. On SOCIAL SECURITY your Social Security business online. But as I’ve the other hand, if your spouse dies on June 28, you pointed out in past columns, a claim for widow’s or would not be due the proceeds of that June Social by Tom Margenau for alive was she or he though even check widower’s benefits must be done in person. And you Security do that by calling the Social Security Administra28 days of the month. So, Mary, when Henry dies, the Social Setion at 800-772-1213. You can either arrange to file a rebe to has month that for claim by phone, or you can make an appointment to curity check received do so at your local Social Security office. turned. For example, let’s say that he does pass away What you need to do depends on the kind on June 28. That means the Social Security check he government. the to back of benefits you were receiving before Henry died. might get in July has to go You’ll notice I said the check he “might” get. If you were getting only a spousal benefit (in other I worry that I sometimes neglect a signifi- I added that qualifier because there is a very good words, you didn’t have enough work credits to get cant cohort of my readers. I get so many emails chance the check won’t even show up in your bank your own Social Security benefit), then the process from people for whom their Social Security checks account. As you maybe have heard, there are all is pretty simple. No widow’s application is required. are just the icing on their retirement cakes. For ex- kinds of computer-matching operations that go on Simply notify SSA of Henry’s death, and they push ample, they tell me that they want to delay starting between various government agencies and banks. If a few buttons to switch you from wife’s benefits to their benefits as long as possible because they have the Treasury Department learns of your husband’s widow’s benefits. Because you are well over “full reother investments or savings to keep them economi- death in time, they won’t issue the benefit. Or, if the tirement age,” you will start getting whatever Henry cally comfortable. So frequently, the topics of my col- check was issued, the bank will likely intercept the was getting at the time of death. (And if he started umns are pitched toward them discussing issues like payment and return it to the government before it his Social Security at age 62, you will actually get a “maximizing” their Social Security payout. little more. He would have been getting a rate equal hits your checking account. In other words, you usu But then every once in a while I get emails ally don’t have to worry about returning any Social to 75 percent of his full benefit, and you are guaranfrom people on the opposite end of the economic Security checks. It’s almost always done for you. teed to get at least 82 percent of his full benefit.) spectrum. These folks rely on their Social Security There can be a little twist to this scenario. If you were getting your own retirement benchecks for most, if not all, of their livelihood. I got For example, let’s say that Henry dies on July 2. efits, then you have to file an application for widow’s such an email recently from “Mary.” benefits. It’s not hard either, just a few questions Because he was alive the whole month of June, that Mary is 85 years old. Her husband, “Henry,” means you are due the money from that June check, about you and Henry. You may have to provide a is 89. They have been married 61 years. Mary told which is paid sometime in July -- but after Henry copy of your marriage certificate. me that Henry is in failing health, and she is very Whether you have an automatic “push butdied. Once again, there is a very good chance that worried about what will happen to her financially because account bank ton” claim or a formal application, you will start getcheck won’t show up in your when he dies. Specifically, she is concerned about ting widow’s benefits effective with the month he either the Treasury Department won’t send it or it what happens with their Social Security checks, died. For example, if he dies on June 28, you will be was issued and the bank sent it back. The difference whom she has to notify at the bank, how she obtains described I one due widow’s benefits for the whole month of June, between this scenario and the first death certificates and what she has to do to claim even though you were a widow only 3 days of the is that you are due the proceeds of that check. And widow’s benefits. TUES., MAR. 28 month. it will eventually be reissued to you. More about that So to help Mary, and other people in her situ And following the example where he died on in a minute. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  ation, I thought I would explain what happens when But first, a word to Mary about getting a July 3, you will get widow’s benefits for July and you w carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s) Spelling  Prices  Hours someone who was collecting Social Securitybenefits cer-yourwill get the proceeds of his June checkwith issued to you.or co death certificate. She worried about that. 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