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My mother died March 6, 2026. SS deposit was on March 11 and they clawed back on March 19. My dad went to the SS office and they said they were going to deposit it because it was a mistake. That never happened. My father never followed up. They did deposit the $255 for death benefit on 5-5-26.
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Don't touch it.. don't use it. Make sure there is enough in that account.

once the death has been recorded, SS will respond and reverse it..
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Beedevil66 4 hours ago
Yep. Lost all respect for my late mom's Credit Union. SS did claw black, not enough to cover. Used part of my money to satisfy. In the meantime, CU froze the account so bills couldn't be paid. Forgot to unfreeze when SS was paid back, charged ISF fees when trying to pay bills.
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Basically SS works like a job, you are paid after the work is done.

So its now August but the payment I receive this month is for July. They should not claw that back if I die in the Month of August. Lets say I died July 31st. The August payment will be clawed back because its July payment. Since I died in August, I should not receive Septembers payment and if I do, it will be clawed back.

It has happened that a payment is clawed back too early. Thats when you call SS to get it fixed.
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Here is an AARP article explaining how social security claws back any check a person received when they didn’t live for the entire month for which it was paid.

https://www.aarp.org/social-security/faq/returning-payment/#:~:text=My%20spouse%20died%20last%20month.,our%20bank%20account%20this%20month%3F
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