Butch,

If you got all this info via phone, I'd really suggest you contact your 
local ss office and make an appointment to see one of their counselors. 
  They might be able to come up with some workable solutions.

Like most things having to do with the government, it does take time, 
but under the circumstances it might really be worth your while.

Don



On 1/21/2011 2:17 PM, Butch Bussen wrote:
> Off topic I know, but I'm really discourraged.  The last month in my life
> has been unbelievable.
>
> I have been drawing some each month on s s d i on my dad's number for many
> years.  As some of you may know, my wife passed away last December.  I
> called social security this morning to ask about getting a widdow's
> pention.  I was told by the lady there that since my marriage in 2000,
> that I should not have been eligible.  Therefore, I'll get a letter of
> over payment and I will have to repay the last ten and a half years back
> to them.  I was told many times before that my marital status wouldn't
> effect this.  I don't know where to go from here.  On top of everything
> else I've been going through, this is the last straw.
>
> Butch
>
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