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I am waiting on SSI to see if I can get it. My case is in progress, and could take up to a year I'm told. I have Mental Disorders that prevent me from working. My question is If I get married to a person who does not collect disability benefits, has a job and all, how will it effect my disability case? Will they see it as separate incomes, like I need my own to live or will they see it as shared? I believe I need my own income, to help out. I plan to get married before the money would even come in. Can I ever get married? lol I am confused and don't know what to think. I hope I sent this to the right people. If it helps, my illnesses are Paranoid Schizophrenia, Manic depression, ADD, and Social Anxiety. I hope you can help. Potentially, if an individual receiving disability benefits is married, or gets married, their spouse's income may be counted. However, this is only true for SSI benefits. SSI recipients who have spouses with income will have that income subjected to a deeming process (basically, this means that a formula will be applied to determine how much of the spouse's income should be counted as an offset). Social security disability (a.k.a. title II, ssd, ssdi, and rsdi) benefits are not subjected to having their spouse's income deemed. Disability Advocates Help with Claims Free Case Evaluation |
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