My Social Security Disability Payee Is Quiting

by T
(CHASKA, MN USA)

I am physicality disabled and I am fighting the system to get my daughter out of a abusive home with her mom since 2005. My daughter was placed with me temperarly. Her mom hasn't contacted her for over six month.

My ex-wife her mom was receiving child support from me while our daughter was living here with me her Dad. A month ago Social Security Services of Minnesota stopped giving my ex wife child support and I started getting it but my payee thinks it all should go for shopping for cloths. My rent went up based on me getting this money. But I have not seen any of it. Now my payee is quitting and she said I will have to have another payee and that is NOT something I want to happen.

I believe I have a right to say everything leading up to me agreeing to even having a payee. Which was about two years of my brother telling me things would be a lot easier on me if I let his sister in law be my payee. A lot of help would be available.
For example I could get some physical help with my home which never happened.

The reason I agreed to have a payee wasn't because I have a mental problem or I am unable to take care of things.

I finally agreed because I was told over and over the bills would be one less thing I would have to worry about, while I was fighting to get my youngest daughter out of an abusive home with her mom my ex-wife.

September 2009 I was working on court paper work I did suffer multiple heart attacks, caused by the stress of dealing with a county that was not helping but hurting the situation.

After my daughter was placed with me over six months ago I was told by my payee that she deposited money into my bank account and she told me to go out and buy my daughter cloths. At the same time My payee told the county I was not in need of any interim financial help. A week later I received an email from My payee stating my savings are gone and that I was broke.


Also as soon as the bank where I have my checking account started charging me a monthly fee of $9.99. I wanted to switch banks and I asked my payee through email of course because that was the only way I could talk to her and sometimes I couldn't even do that. A number of emails I sent to my payee were never answered. My payee refused to come with so I could switch banks. My payee has had me paying the $120.00 a year.

A number of times my rent was late and I went down to the office or I talked to the office and than emailed My payee. After a while My payee did talk to the office.
But that right there shows I have been dealing with things.

My payee set it up so she would deposit money every Monday. Until my bank started charging $9.99 a month than My payee would just deposit the extra $10.00 every Monday.

A number of times My payee didn't deposit the money until the middle of the week.
If I wasn't able to deal with things like email My payee and remind her to deposit the money, I would have been over drawn in my account.

Again I have no idea why My payee is quiting, I feel if My payee wants to quite, I should be allowed to take care of my bills myself and save myself $120.00 a year just in bank fees. What can I do to get control of my money?