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Can I Get A Record Of My Deceased Mother's Payment History?

Can I get a social security letter of my mom decease statement after 10 year of her death. With the amount of benefits and if she got any retroactive benefits on the time she was receiving the social security benefits. Thanks

Hi,

You can ask Social Security, but I doubt if they'll do that for you. That type of information is not readily available and it would take a significant amount of time to reconstruct a person's full payment history.

Best, Jerry

Posted: 
Sep 7 2016 - 10:30am
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