I have recently divorced my wife, who is on SSDI. We have one child that receives the auxiliary benefit, I have custody of him 72% of the time.
The Family Law Judge did not understand the auxiliary benefit and awarded her the full auxiliary benefit as being a part of her SSDI benefit. I went to the SSA office and showed them my custody agreement as was elected as the Representative Payee for my son.
Unfortunately my ex-wife also suffers from bi-polar (documented) and is prone to spending sprees and mis-use of the funds.
I am looking for the statues that define the criteria in the SSA making their determination on who is the custodial parent. I was told in the office it is the parent with the child 50% of the time. I would like to find supporting documentation for custody as well any information on her bi-polar potentially disqualifying her as the Representative Payee.
Again the SSA has already made me the Representative Payee I just need to find the supporting documentation to show the Family Law Judge.
Thank you,
Social Security procedures for determining representative payee
The following may be useful :
https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0200500000
https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0200502000
https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0200502130
These are links to the SSA's Program Operations Manual System.