... the federal government will stop seizing the tax refunds of Americans whose long-dead parents had incurred debts to Social Security many years earlier

"After three years of complaints and pressure from taxpayers, the federal government will stop seizing the tax refunds of Americans whose long-dead parents had incurred debts to Social Security many years earlier." WASHINGTON POST, May 12, 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-to-stop-seizing-tax-refunds-to-pay-off-old-family-debt/2017/05/12/62f3d68c-3753-11e7-b412-62beef8121f7_story.html?utm_term=.e396116506b3