Dipper Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I have a question, my friends wife owes social security several thousand dollars. Will social security try to garnish his VA benefits check to recover the amount of money that his wife owes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HadIt.com Elder jbasser Posted June 12, 2015 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted June 12, 2015 I dont think they can touch his benefts Only the wifes. J A Veteran is a person who served this country. Treat them with respect. A Disabled Veteran is a person who served this country and bears the scars of that service regardless of when or where they served. Treat them with the upmost respect. I do. Rejection is not a sign of failure. Failure is not an option, Medical opinions and evidence wins claims. Trust in others is a virtue but you take the T out of Trust and you are left with Rust so be wise about who you are dealing with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Carl the Engineer Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I dont think they can touch his benefts Only the wifes. J That would be my guess also, but then... Might not get a tax refund, etc.. Hamslice “There is no hook my friend. There's only what we do.” Doc Holiday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HadIt.com Elder Philip Rogers Posted June 12, 2015 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted June 12, 2015 I'm 99% sure they can't garnish his VA compensation, as it is her debt. However, if I were him, I would move my VA money to another bank, and not a joint account, just to be sure they don't accidently seize it, and cause them some hardship.Generally, they will either waive repayment of an overpayment or allow her to set up a repayment schedule. Many years ago, they, accidently, overpaid me, almost $4k, and when I brought it to their attention, they waived it. jmopr georgiapapa and Jim MAC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Moderator broncovet Posted June 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 12, 2015 About 5 years ago, an over payment was created when I reported I got married and my spouse earned too much to be eligible for pension. Of course, it took VA 2 years to do anything so I was overpaid on the pension.When They finally fixed it, they said they over paid me, as I was not eligible for pension.Since I told them about that 2 years prior, and explained my wifes income is not available to me, and it would create a hardship for me to pay it back, the overpayment was waived when I requested it.I doubt the overpayment would stick if you asked for a waiver, unless you are rolling in the dough. I had to provide my financial statements to get the waiver for hardship. Buck52 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I have a question, my friends wife owes social security several thousand dollars. Will social security try to garnish his VA benefits check to recover the amount of money that his wife owes.
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I'm 99% sure they can't garnish his VA compensation, as it is her debt. However, if I were him, I would move my VA money to another bank, and not a joint account, just to be sure they don't accidently
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About 5 years ago, an over payment was created when I reported I got married and my spouse earned too much to be eligible for pension. Of course, it took VA 2 years to do anything so I was overpaid on
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