I've been doing some SS consulting for friends (pro bono) and recently helped a number of divorced people collect spousal benefits on their ex spouse (restricted application). I was under the impression that if you re-married you would lose those divorced spousal benefits. Now I read that if your new spouse is collecting on someone else's record that you can keep your divorced spousal benefits. That seems odd to me. What happens if your new spouse say is 68 and hasn't started collecting their retirement benefits as of yet and is not collecting on anyone else's record.

My exhusband will be 66 which is his full retirement age in a year and a half. I was wanting to draw off him at 62 . Will I get reduced benefits off him because I wont be at 66 and 10 months?

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I am disable and going thru a divorce . Am I able to file a claim from my ex-husband?

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Hi I am 65 and collecting off my ex husbands record. Now if I remarry what happens to my benefits and can I switch to my new husbands record and when?

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Hi Larry - I loved your book on How to Get Yours... - incredibly informative and useful!
One issue I've run into that was not mentioned is this:
I'm FRA 66 and trying to apply for my ex-spouse's benefit (she's 64). Social Security is telling me I have to provide a certified copy of her Birth Certificate from New Jersey in order to prove her age.
She is not co-operating by returning the NJ form that permits me to get the certified birth certificate and NJ says I need a court order.

Hello Larry.
My question is about divorced spousal benefits.
One of the prerequisite is that I am not suppose to be married now, but it does not indicates as what ( American or foreign citizen marriage? ) in order to apply for divorced spousal benefits.
Just like I can not apply for this benefit, if my previous spouse was a foreign national and not an US citizen? Then

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Hi, I am almost 62. My Ex-spouse is 67. We were married for more than 10 years and I have not re-married. If I apply now (& suspend? or apply with a restricted app?) for divorced spousal benefits, what are the ramifications?
Thanks for your advice.

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My sister will be eligible for divorced spousal benefits. She would like to start at 62, due to low income, and her former spouse is the same age. Her FRA is 67. I believe she can still file a restricted divorced spousal benefit application. Her income is about 30K, so I am unsure if her monthly benefit will decrease the month she hits the 17040 income limit or is that decrease figured differently?

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I retired at 62 because of anxiety, etc. My ex-husband (married 19 yrs) turned 62 two months ago. Can I go back and collect off his SS? He is still working.

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