I am on disability and social security now. I'm currently 63. Can I draw on my ex's benefits. We were married 13 years.

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if a man and woman in California are married for 5 years get a divorce but continue living together, purchase a home together and 2 years later remarry with the second marriage lasting another 3 years would the state of California and SSA recognize their marriage as lasting 10 years

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I lived with a man for 10 years and then we married. We were married for another four or five years before divorcing. Is it possible for me to obtain a "spouse" benefit with regard to his Social Security benefits? We signed a prenuptial agreement when we moved in together. I quit work when we moved in together so it cut into my social security contributions. His high income would really help increase my social security benefits. Thank you.

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Hi Larry, I was married March 11, 1987, in Brooklyn, New York..Was divorced September 1995.. I had an accident at work, 9/9/12 and sustained back, ankle and knee injuries.. Due to my injuries I was forced out on early social security... I’m 63 and my exHusband is 65. He has been collecting his pension for the pas 9 years, I don’t have a pension.. Am I entitled to any of his social security or pension??

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I'm 11 years older than my ex. We were divorced approximately 20 years ago, and I've made most of my social security wages since the divorce. I believe we barely made the 10 years of marriage but its close. I am now 70 and have waited to apply for my benefits so they will be higher -- approx $3300 a month. She will not turn 62 for 3 or 4 years, and also has her own Social Security earnings although less than mine and she underreports her income anyway. 1. Do I get my $3300 a month until she turns 62? Or do my benefits get reduced immediately even before / if she makes a claim?

Dear Larry,
I am a seventy three years old and presently collecting Social Security. It's a very small check $668.00 and I depend on that check for my monthly survival. I am presently going through a divorce and was told I can get extra money added to my check from my wife's SS even though she is presently not receiving benefits yet. She just turned sixty five on July 3, 2020 and doesn't plan on taking her SS till seventy. I've called SS four times and received four completely different stories.

My spouse turned 62 this year, he is 7 years younger than I am. He is not ready to retire and I am still working. He has an ex, they were married for 12 years. The divorce decree stipulates she cannot collect his social security. How is that recorded so that she cannot tap into his SS?

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Hi Larry,
I am legally separated from my second marriage. I was married to my first husband for 17 years. Can I collect from my first husband social security retirement benefits?
Thanks

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My ex and i were married more than 10 years. My ex is seven years younger than me. Do i have to wait until he is 62 and i am 69 to collect spousal benefits? I have not remarried and do qualify for benefits on my own from working.
Thanks!

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Probably, yes. The only way that you could potentially be paid divorced spousal benefits before your ex reaches age 62 is if he either starts drawing Social Security disability (SSDI) benefits or dies.

Am looking entitled to part of my husband's Social Security since we divorced and he remaried? l am 65 and still work.

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