Sep
26
2011
By Guest (not verified)
Do the ssi benefits for payee go up after divorce papers are filed or only after there is a judgment of dissolution of the marriage?
Is there any estimate that can be made as to what the benefit increase will be for the payee after divorce?
SSI deemed income in the case of divorce
Here is the procedure from the SSA's Program Operations Manual System (POMS) :
https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.NSF/lnx/0501320450
Here's the text from the Code of Federal Regulations :
http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/416/416-1163.htm
I haven't seen a way to estimate how your benefit will change. But here is a link which gives an example of how benefits decrease which addition of deemed income. Your case, of course, would be the opposite of these examples.
http://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-income-ussi.htm