my_tee_mouse
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Did you read somewhere that he got the check on the 3rd? The 3rd used to be the day for everyone to get their social security check, but that has since changed and several dates have been added because it became too many to all be done on the 3rd. I just know from my previous banking experience.
Also, from my experience with my grandmother and great-grandmother, NO, Social Security requires that money back immediately. Social Security somehow catches people trying to hang on to a relatives soc. sec. check after they are deceased, by somehow linking up to the death certificate. At least this is how it's worked with my deceased loved ones.
A check received in December would be for benefits earned in November and would not go back if the beneficiary died in December. However, the check received in January would have to go back.
Unless a person is the designated beneficiary payee, he/she wouldn't be able to use those funds, and if there is a beneficiary payee he/she is only able to use those funds to pay obligations of the beneficiary. Any funds in the possession of the beneficiary at the time of death are part of the beneficiary's assets and subject to the deceased's will or subject to the inheritance laws of the state of residence at the time of death.
Here's a link to the basic guidelines for Social Security benefits:
http://ssa.gov/pubs/10153.pdf