Pay that money back.
Now, it just begins to dawn on this man what a stupid and hurtful decision he made . This will not work to endear you to your rediscovered children. “Thanks Dad, for ruining my credit and royally screwing up my life again.”
This stupid....the dad bears the responsibility.....
The SS benefits were his. He is the one who voluntarily ‘disappeared’. The daughters were innocent recipients. He is 62. Take it out of his Social Security.
in any case, if the courts will not allow him to come back to life, then technically he is dead—so why should they have to repay the money if he is still considered dead?
The daughters have no legal obligation to repay. The government has to prove they knowingly defrauded it to collect. Good luck with it - and Social Security can go fly a kite.
When I make a mistake, I pay for it. Absent any evidence of fraud on the girls’ part, I don’t see how they owe any money to cover Social Security’s error.