What happens to a disabled person's benefits once their parents die?

I can't imagine what the parents are thinking. It sounds like they've heard incorrect information somewhere. If the disabled person marries, the spouse's income will be counted when determining whether or not the disabled person gets benefits. And even if the spouse is disabled and qualifies for benefits, the government has exaggerated ideas of how much a couple saves by having one household; the total check for two people is about 1.5 times the check for one person. Because of this, when a person depends on benefits, they need professional advice before marrying. In most cases, far from solving any problems, marrying creates a financial disaster. The parents can provide for the disabled person by establishing a special needs trust for his/her benefit to which any inheritance can go. In any event, the state does not have a claim for reimbursement of benefits paid on behalf of a disabled person until the disabled person dies, not when the representative payee dies.