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C-4 Wednesday, September 14, 2022 The Press-Dispatch Court Report Restricted app for spousal benefits Social Security Matters By Rusty Gloor CIVIL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court OneMain Financial Group, LLC sues William Peer for Civil Collection. In re: the marriage of Mark Jason Lu- ebke and Christy Anne Luebke. In re: the marriage of Marquette K. Cook and Darrell K. Cook. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Jayton R. Holman charged with operat- ing a blood alcohol content of more than 0.08 percent and less than 0.15 percent, a class C misdemeanor. David D. Byrns charged with driv- ing while suspended with prior in last 10 years, a class A misdemeanor. Faith Brinker charged with operat- ing a blood alcohol content of more than 0.08 percent and less than 0.15 percent, a class C misdemeanor; and operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a class C mis- demeanor. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court James Hensley sues Dubois County Humane Society on complaint. CRIMINAL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court Brian L. Skelton charged with battery with bodily injury to a public safety offi- cer, level 5 felony; resisting law enforce- ment, causing bodily injury, a level 6 fel- ony; possession of meth less than five grams, a level 6 felony. Edra Cannon charged with operating a vehicle after being habitual traffic of- fender, a level 6 felony. Brandon Eilert charged with operat- ing as a habitual traffic offender, a lev- el 6 felony. Louicene Deristil charged with resist- ing law enforcement with vehicle, a level 6 felony; operating a vehicle without a li- cense, a class C misdemeanor. Anna J. Watson charged with operat- ing a vehicle with a controlled substance in blood, a class C misdemeanor; operat- ing a vehicle with controlled substance in blood, a level 6 felony. Mark A. Brothers charged with oper- ating a vehicle while a habitual traffic of- fender, a level 6 felony. Jeremy Norrington charged with res- idential break and enter of a dwelling, a level 6 felony. Dylan L. Crays charged with posses- sion of methamphetamine, less than 5 grams; possession of a controlled sub- stance, a class A misdemeanor and pos- session of marijuana, a class B misde- meanor. Brad Hardiman charged with posses- sion of meth, less than five grams, a lev- el 6 felony. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Dmitry A. Post charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Jody A. Stutsman charged with speed- ing a school zone. William P. Kress charged with speed- ing in a school zone. Bryan L. Gogel charged with speeding in a school zone. Valerie G. Gagnon charged with speed- ing in a 55 zone. Sean B. Townsend charged with fail- ure to change lanes for authorized emer- gency vehicle. Judith R. Lancaster II charged with speeding in a school zone. Shannon D. Gelhausen charged speed- ing in a school zone. Ryan A. Berg charged speeding in a school zone. Kimberly C. Hite charged with speed- ing in a 55 zone. Kayce L. Hutton charged with speed- ing in a 30 zone. Heather A. Gideon charged with speeding in a school zone. Erly Germilus charged with no oper- ators license. Kurtis R. Rexing charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. Michael D. Clark charged with dis- tracted driving. Shawna Brown charged with distract- ed driving. Reed A. Kress charged with speeding in a school zone. Benjamin A. Hankins charged with disregarding a stop sign and driving left of center. Chandler A. Lacy charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. Javier I. Ramos charged with speeding in a school zone. Victoria D. Brown charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. Hannah K. Gilchrist charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Brandi K. Wykoff charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. Justin Hopf charged with speeding. Quinten M. Cooper charged with speeding. Crystal L. Carman charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Kiefer W. Fisher charged with speed- ing. Cameron S. Porter charged with speeding. Scotty L. Nicholson charged with speeding. Owen B. Edwards charged with speed- ing in a 55 zone. Ava R. Pawlowski charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. Jonathan L. Ramey charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Eric D. Reese charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Elvia K. Bonilla charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. Naji S. Lang charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Ken M. Sanners charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. Luis A. Hernandez charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Kia R. Woodard charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. Noble L. Thomas, Jr. charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Edwin I Mendoza charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. Elaine S. Yaw charged with speeding. Dustin H. Duncan charged with driv- ing while suspended. Caleb J. Zazzetti seat belt violation. Karla L. Oconell charged with speed- ing. Srinivasulu K. Gudipati charged with speeding. Jennifer A. Brown charged with speed- ing in a 55 zone. Kelly Rivera charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Kaleb K. Hatten charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. Hunter A. McCleese charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Alex N. Grant charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Orva W. Coffield charged with speed- ing in a 70 zone. James A. Hair charged with speeding in a 70 zone. 1776 Continued from page 3 CAR Continued from page 3 BIG TECH Continued from page 3 HUNGRY Continued from page 3 This is not the America of 1776. We are indeed strug- gling for our nation's soul. Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and host of the weekly television show "Cure America with Star Parker." Dear Rusty: You wrote an article about a man who was collecting spouse benefits but was applying for his own ben- efit at age 70, under an old law. What are the circumstances sur- rounding that gentleman's ability to collect spousal benefits? Why was he eligible? And was he working clear up into the age of 70 before applying for his own Social Security? Signed: An In- quiring Mind. Dear Inquiring Mind: The "old law," under which the gen- tleman in the article was collect- ing only a spousal benefit from his wife, is no longer available to anyone born after Januar y 1, 1954, which means it is largely unavailable to those applying for Social Security today. Here's how the "old law" worked: It was once possible for someone who reached their full retirement age (FRA) of 66, who had not yet applied for their own Social Se- curity, and whose spouse was already collect- ing SS retirement benefits, to file a "restricted application" to collect only spousal benefits. This enabled a higher earning spouse to claim a spouse benefit (only) without claiming their own SS retirement benefit, thus allowing the latter to continue to grow in value. That re- sulted in the higher earning spouse collecting half of their spouse's FRA benefit, at the same time maximizing their personal benefit to be claimed at a later age (usually at age 70). Such was the case for the gentleman in the article you refer to—his wife had claimed her own SS retirement benefit earlier, and the husband had filed a restricted application for spouse benefits only. The husband collected a spouse benefit from his wife while his own SS retirement benefit continued to grow. Now, as he was turning 70, he was ready to switch to his maximized personal SS retirement benefit. His work status was insignificant be- cause he had already reached his full retirement age when he filed the restricted application, but by delaying the claim for his own SS benefit he earned Delayed Retire- ment Credits (DRCs). The DRCs made his personal age 70 benefit 32 percent higher than his benefit would have been had he claimed it at age 66. This strategy wasn't document- ed as a specific option under old Social Security law; rather it was a "loophole" which many took advantage of because Social Security law at the time didn't prevent it. In other words, Social Security law, as written years ago, allowed anyone who had reached their full retirement age to file a re- stricted application for spouse benefits without filing for their own benefit. That (along with another option known as "file and suspend") was considered a loophole and was eliminated by the "deemed filing" provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2015. The BBA stipulated that those who turned 62 after 2015 (those born after Januar y 1, 1954) would, whenever they filed for bene- fits, be automatically deemed to be filing for all Social Security retirement and spousal ben- efits available to them at the time. And that es- sentially eliminated the "restricted application for spouse benefits only" option for anyone born after Januar y 1, 1954. The gentleman in the article was born in 1952, thus eligible to take advantage of the loophole. Today, only those born before Jan- uar y 2, 1954, who are not yet collecting Social Security but have a spouse who is, are eligible. To submit a question, visit amacfoundation. org/programs/social-security-advisory. years ago, gas-powered cars were heralded as the great- est environmental inventions of all time. Why? Because they replaced horses. You think carbon dioxide emissions are a problem? Tr y living in crowded cities when people rode horses around and the streets were filled with smelly manure. I have nothing against Teslas; they are wonderful machines. But forcing peo- ple to buy them is a different matter altogether. Americans want freedom to choose. The mandate to buy EVs is going to cause a revolt by the com- mon man. They don't want the government taking their T-Bird away. Newsom is now boast- ing that he has "no peers" when it comes to combating climate change. But he also has no peers when it comes to devising cockeyed policies that are out of touch with voters. 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