place Social Security Disability pay that children under age 18 get from a disabled parent in a college fund account.

When a parent gets Social Security Disability payments, children under age 18 receive half of what the parent gets. If parents are divorced, the parent with whom the child is staying gets the check in their name. This needs to change. Either stop this act, which would save MILLIONS for SS., or The money needs to be put in a college fund for the child to use. case in point. I am disabled and divorced and get $1900.00/month. My daughter gets Half. so that is $950.00/month. Problem is the check is in ex-wifes name and she spends it and not on the child.So roughly she gets $11.500.00 a year. This money needs to go into a college fund for my daughter. No wonder