Back pay after death

antodeco

Hi all,
My FIL passed away last week, and had been waiting on a back pay of his disability allowance. This was due to be paid in this week.

My question is, is he still due that back pay, even if he has died? My wife is his next of kin, and has always been collecting his money. This back pay would help a lot of the financial burden from his funeral and costs.

Thanks

JustAThought

antodeco wrote: »

Hi all,
My FIL passed away last week, and had been waiting on a back pay of his disability allowance. This was due to be paid in this week.

My question is, is he still due that back pay, even if he has died? My wife is his next of kin, and has always been collecting his money. This back pay would help a lot of the financial burden from his funeral and costs.

Thanks

I'm sorry to hear about your father in law.

Regarding his disability, if this was back pay due for past illness and approved I teally would say nothing & would collect it/cash the cheque , and lodge it so no calls of impropriety can be made into his account and let it then be looked after by his executor as part of his estate. He was approved for it and it was scheduled to be paid - no doubt you have already had costs in relation to using your/his savings while waiting for this approved back payment to be paid. I wouldn't give it a thought. Its not for future illness or payment on advance.

State benefits such as blind payments, pensions & disability can be collected for 6 weeks after the death once the relevant department is advised. Best to do this in writing. Wait until his large payment comes in and then write once it is lodged into HIS account.

If you have already paid for the funeral out of your account & think you may be elegible for some financial support ( they will take mortgage payments & all monthly outgoings & other costs such as bills, household running costs /12, hospital bills due, personal and family medical costs etc into account and look at the left over monthly balance figure to calculate this) go quietly with the funeral account to the local community welfare officer - and ask for Help with it. THey have discretionary amounts up to 2,000 they can give to support families towards funeral costs. Not many people really know about this & funerals are an expensive 'business' regardless of whether you chise cremation ir burial or whether you have a family plot already or not.

I'm very sorry for your loss, it must be dreadful to have to deal with all this as well as a bereavement and your wifes grief. R.I.P.

uck51js9zml2yt

Pensions etc are only payable to the spouse of the deceased.
I was checking myself recent after my mother's death.

Best to contact SW and get their approval to take the money. It would be part of his estate and is locked.
If you need to pay bills from his bank account band are an executor you can present the death cert to the bank to make one withdrawal.

antodeco

Thanks for the replies guys. Appreciate the comments. The money doesn't get paid into his account. It's collected in the post office by my wife, as due to his disability he was unable to collect it in person. He also had no legal spouse at the time of his death. Does this change things at all?

uck51js9zml2yt

I've honestly no idea. I would assume it's part of his estate. You may have to present value death cert.
Either way you'd have to phone welfare to stop payment.
Better off asking first rather than being told youve to pay it back.

Mellor

OP, contact the relevant department in writing.
The payments should stop at his death, as there is no spouse/partner. But his estate is still entitled to the back pay imo.

Your wife should collects this weeks payment as normal, including the backpay. That could be before the letter reaches the department, I don't see what you can do about that. An Post issue.

FortySeven

Absolutely entitled to back pay up until death. Now part of his estate. Inform welfare of his death. Collect back pay as normal.

I don't know how this is added to the estate but 100% this money should be claimed.