Do I have a legal right to my own money?

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I want to commission something on DeviantART, but I don't have enough money in my account to do it. My mother is currently my rep payee and is keeping the vast majority of my money away from me. But don't I have a legal right to my own cash? If I absolutely want it, she's legally obligated to fork it over, right? Also I recently got a letter saying that my payee was changing. So she isn't even the payee anymore, but she is keeping my cash away from me. The quote I got on the commission only lasts a month. I'd really like this custom plushie, and I'm tempted to go ahead and send the money, while going in debt until my mother forks over the rest of my money.

Is there anything I'm doing that I am not legally allowed to do here?
 
how is the cash earned? if you earn it by working at a job and by receiving a paycheck, then yes, it's technically your money that you earned and that she should fork it over. if your money is actually from your parents supporting you in a way, then no, it's technically their money.
 
Its actually neither. It's SSI that I get from the government for being autistic. I have enough food and cash at home to last at least two weeks, and some gift card money left too. So she should have no problem letting me have $136 to spend on a custom-made Stanley plushie.

I know I need a job, but being autistic I'm scared to death of jobs and cars. Don't I still have a legal right to disability money?
 
As an autistic person you have a legal right to disability money and are you considered special needs as well because if you are, you should be entitled to disability money. And if it's from the SSI it's your money unless it's under your parents name
 
Do you pay your rent and vital necessities yourself? Or do your parents do that?
 
I'm going to be honest: I have to take the side of your mother. She pays your rent and she seems to have several good reasons to regulate your spending. If my memory serves correctly, you've done things like spending $5000 on frivolous luxury articles in the past and you're here talking carelessly about going into debt as if it means nothing. You're not exactly inspiring much confidence in your ability to handle money reasonably. Your mother's concern is entirely justified.

My advice to you is to leave your money in the care of your mother. She seems benevolent and apparently knows what she's doing. Unless of course you want to take your own mother to court over $136 and a plushie.
 
According to the website of the Social Security Administration (SSA, aka where the money comes from), if you think that your payments should be going to you instead of to a payee, then you're supposed to send a letter to the SSA (which I assume would be your local office) indicating such. If you wish to retain a payee but have an issue with how that money is being spent, that is something you take up with the payee.
 
So in continuation of this, last night my mother acted like she was considering forking over the money. Then I woke up today and called her on my cell phone. She refused and hung up on me. I have anger issues, and I know when she hangs up on me she absolutely refuses to answer her phone. I was so mad I threw my phone across the room, busting the screen. Now all it displays is static.

I borrowed someone else's phone to call my mom and she still won't fork over any of my money, or give me transportation to go fix the damn thing. How much does it cost to fix the screen of a smartphone anyway?
 
Genji said:
I'm going to be honest: I have to take the side of your mother. She pays your rent and she seems to have several good reasons to regulate your spending. If my memory serves correctly, you've done things like spending $5000 on frivolous luxury articles in the past and you're here talking carelessly about going into debt as if it means nothing. You're not exactly inspiring much confidence in your ability to handle money reasonably. Your mother's concern is entirely justified.

My advice to you is to leave your money in the care of your mother. She seems benevolent and apparently knows what she's doing. Unless of course you want to take your own mother to court over $136 and a plushie.
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i was gonna say this, yeah
 
also as a side note i literally just lost $154 because i was one day late on a payment for something

you don't want to deal with your own money if you don't have to, trust me