maytwins23
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? New Jersey
Hi ... My mother in law recently passed away, leaving an estate of about $60,000. My husband has a sister and a brother who is paranoid schizophrenic. He receives Social Security Disability each month. The majority of that money is spent on his housing in a terrible boarding home. What he does have left, he spends on cigarettes and alcohol. He always claims he has no food, and yet he brags that when he panhandles, he will take in about $100 a day. He never has any money. We have been living with this problem for years and have tried everything possible to help him. He truly is mentally ill.
In the will, my husband and sister in law are co-executors. My brother in laws portion was left in trust for him. We know that he will demand the full amount of his inheritance but we are geared not to give it to him. The money would be spent on alcohol and would be gone in no time. He might also get hurt if the shady characters that he lives with know that he has money.
My question is ... the family does not want to jeapordize his Social Security Benefits. He truly needs these benefits. We want to be able to enhance his quality of life by subsidizing a better housing arrangement for him with the inheritance money.
Will his social security benefits be terminated because of this inheritance?
Hi ... My mother in law recently passed away, leaving an estate of about $60,000. My husband has a sister and a brother who is paranoid schizophrenic. He receives Social Security Disability each month. The majority of that money is spent on his housing in a terrible boarding home. What he does have left, he spends on cigarettes and alcohol. He always claims he has no food, and yet he brags that when he panhandles, he will take in about $100 a day. He never has any money. We have been living with this problem for years and have tried everything possible to help him. He truly is mentally ill.
In the will, my husband and sister in law are co-executors. My brother in laws portion was left in trust for him. We know that he will demand the full amount of his inheritance but we are geared not to give it to him. The money would be spent on alcohol and would be gone in no time. He might also get hurt if the shady characters that he lives with know that he has money.
My question is ... the family does not want to jeapordize his Social Security Benefits. He truly needs these benefits. We want to be able to enhance his quality of life by subsidizing a better housing arrangement for him with the inheritance money.
Will his social security benefits be terminated because of this inheritance?