Category Archives: Social Security Overpayment

Overpayments of Social Security benefits are unsecured debts just like credit cards and medical bills, and they are therefore dischargeable in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy in most cases, short of any finding of fraudulence in the acceptance of the payment by the recipient. In other words, so long as you did not accept the payments knowing that you were not entitled to it—or knowing that you were about to file for bankruptcy—the overpayment amount can be discharged in a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

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