Well, at least THAT'S some good news in all of this. I had been wondering because I was thinking I had read somewhere in her materials that he had to be actually physically living with her for her/him to receive the check. She actually gets a check with both her and his names on it. I'm guessing she would still receive it and have to sign off on it before sending the money to me/him in this scenario. If I go further with this, of course, I would look much further into the SS rules.