Legal Question in Social Security Law in Virginia

Re: Death benefits

If he died in PA, to get a copy of the death certificate contact:

Division of Vital Records

101 South Mercer Street

Room 401

P.O. Box 1528

New Castle, PA 16101

you can download the form from the PA website. The cost of $9 or $10

I do not know exactly what you mean in asking how his Social Security was disbursed. Monthly benefits stop upon death.

A one-time payment of $255 is payable to the surviving spouse if he or she was living with the beneficiary at the time of death, OR if living apart, was eligible for Social Security benefits on the beneficiary's earnings record for the month of death.

If there is no surviving spouse, the payment is made to a child who was eligible for benefits on the beneficiary's earnings record in the month of death.