Comments on: Finding out the giver of a Savings Bond http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/finding-out-the-giver-of-a-savings-bond/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Tom Adams http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/finding-out-the-giver-of-a-savings-bond/#comment-51374 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:59:27 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/finding-out-the-giver-of-a-savings-bond/#comment-51374 Leigh - follow the process on my page about <a href="http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/list-of-us-savings-bonds-by-ssn/" rel="nofollow">getting a list of your Savings Bonds</a>. When you send the letter, include the names and Social Security Numbers of everyone in your family. The list you get back is the same one the food assistance folks can get, so it gives you a place to start. Note that it's still possible for someone to have gifted your child a Savings Bond without using the child's SSN. Gift givers are allowed to use their own SSN when buying gift bonds. So if that happened, those bonds wouldn't be on this list. But those bonds aren't part of your current problem with the food assistance request, either. Tom Adams Leigh - follow the process on my page about getting a list of your Savings Bonds. When you send the letter, include the names and Social Security Numbers of everyone in your family.

The list you get back is the same one the food assistance folks can get, so it gives you a place to start.

Note that it's still possible for someone to have gifted your child a Savings Bond without using the child's SSN. Gift givers are allowed to use their own SSN when buying gift bonds. So if that happened, those bonds wouldn't be on this list. But those bonds aren't part of your current problem with the food assistance request, either.

Tom Adams

]]> by: Leigh http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/finding-out-the-giver-of-a-savings-bond/#comment-51315 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:55:03 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/finding-out-the-giver-of-a-savings-bond/#comment-51315 What if your child has been gifted savings bonds, but they may have been mailed to the person who purchased them(not to the child's address)or the parent is not even aware of them at all? Additionally, what if the gifter(and not the parent)is listed as a co-owner or POD on the child's bonds they did receive? We have been using food assistance since my husband was layed off, but now they are asking about children's savings bonds and values. We believe we may not know of all bonds that could have been issued in our child's name, because they were not mailed to our address, or may have been bought without our knowledge. I am assuming that the agency has access to this information that we may not. How do we find out? Will we be held accountable for bonds bought in our child's name but not mailed to us, or that we were not told of by the buyer? Sorry for so many questions. What if your child has been gifted savings bonds, but they may have been mailed to the person who purchased them(not to the child's address)or the parent is not even aware of them at all? Additionally, what if the gifter(and not the parent)is listed as a co-owner or POD on the child's bonds they did receive?

We have been using food assistance since my husband was layed off, but now they are asking about children's savings bonds and values. We believe we may not know of all bonds that could have been issued in our child's name, because they were not mailed to our address, or may have been bought without our knowledge. I am assuming that the agency has access to this information that we may not. How do we find out? Will we be held accountable for bonds bought in our child's name but not mailed to us, or that we were not told of by the buyer?
Sorry for so many questions.

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