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Money you set aside for burial up to $1,500 each for you and your spouse are excluded from resources if:
The resource is designated as funds specifically set aside for burial; and
The funds set aside for burial are not combined with non-burial assets.
Note: This exclusion also applies to burial funds set aside for the burial of an eligible child's ineligible parent or parents when parent-to-child deeming applies (see §2169).
Burial funds include revocable burial contracts, burial trusts or other burial arrangements, cash, financial accounts, or other financial instruments with a definite cash value that is clearly designated for burial expenses.
We must reduce your $1,500 exclusion by:
The face value of insurance policies you own if the cash surrender value of the policies has been excluded as described in §2159; and
Amounts in an irrevocable burial trust or any other irrevocable arrangement that is available to meet your (or your spouse's) burial expenses, unless it is for excluded burial spaces.
Interest earned on your excluded burial funds and appreciation in the value of the funds do not count as income and resources if you leave them as part of your burial fund.
If you use any excluded burial funds, including excluded interest or appreciation for a purpose other than burial, we may withhold your SSI check in an amount up to the amount of burial funds you spend.
Last Revised: March, 2001
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