State v. Jacobs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order and judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Defendant is the representative payee of her son’s Social Security disability benefits. The State sued defendant to recover $2,279.42 of those benefits for services rendered to her son while he resided at the State-operated Monroe Developmental Center. The State alleged in its complaint that defendant wrongfully spent the Social Security benefits.
The State’s action is barred by Federal law. The Social Security Act provides that Social Security benefits shall not be subject "to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other *877…
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