Effective July 1, 2000, under Kansas Statutes Annotated § 59-1507a, SSA may obtain
good acquittance if benefits due a decedent not in excess of $5,000 are paid, based
on an affidavit, to:
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one or more of the deceased's children, or descendants of the deceased’s deceased
children,
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the deceased's father or mother, or
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the deceased's brother or sister.
We will give preference in the order named, if more than one request for payment was
made by (or for) the above individuals.
The affiant must file the affidavit with SSA not less than 180 days after the deceased's
death. The affidavit will show:
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date of death of the deceased,
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the relationship of the affiant to the deceased,
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that no executor or administrator for the deceased has qualified or been appointed,
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that, to the affiant's knowledge, there exists at the time of the filing of such affidavit
no relative of a closer degree of kindred to the deceased than the affiant.
SSA only needs to establish the decedent's date of death and the affiant’s relationship
to the deceased.