[Docmac]

In 2005 I was awarded SS Disability benefits due to injuries I incurred while in combat in the military.

As most know living off of SS is next to impossible and I had to file Chp 11 Bankruptcy and it was finalized in Aug of this year.

June of this year the SS contacted me to inform me that there was an amt of money that my SS Disability Atty wasn't entitled to therefore it was going to be paid to me, upon getting this letter from the SS dept I went to the local SS office to verify that this was correct and they stated it was then come to find out they had actually paid me weeks earlier.

5mths later I get a letter from the SS Disability Atty informing me that he was never paid and that the payment they gave me earlier in the year was an error, and that I must remit payment to him imediately. Obviously I no longer have that money it paid my Bankruptcy Atty and so forth.

I sent him a copy of my Bankruptcy filing. Then a few weeks later I get informed by the SS dept that the payment was indeed made in error and if I didn't pay the Atty they would begin withholding my entire SS Disability payment until the money is paid back, they're saying it's like an overpayment.

I have submitted my bankruptcy papers to the SS office since the debt existed before my BK was finalized, but SS is telling me the BK doesn't matter. I've spoken to my BK Atty and she has indeed stated that even though the debt to SS wasn't itemized in my BK filing it's still considered discharged.

What's best avenue to keep SS from taking my only source of income?

Thanks

[Mr. Knowitall]

Have your bankruptcy try to talk to someone at Social Security, or bring a motion in the bankruptcy court asking the court to compel them to honor the order of discharge. (I haven't researched the merits of the issue.)