Divorced Spousal Benefits

My friend is disabled and receives disability payments (for over 25 years). She was married more than 10 years in her thirties. She has been divorced for many years. She is 62. Her ex is older than she is. Can she continue to collect her disability payments (which are meager) and also collect part of her ex-husband's SS since she was his spouse for more than ten years? She has no other income and is not married now.

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I am asking for a friend. She is age 68. Wife was previously married to "Bob" for over 10 years. Bob and wife divorced and remarried but now two years later are getting a divorce. Can she still get Bob's social security based on their prior 10 +year marriage or will she lose Bob's social security because her second marriage to him was for only 2 years?

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My ex started drawing his S.S at 62 since then he has received several COLAS he is now 74 and his S.S. is much more than when he started to draw it. When I file for spousal bennefits will the amount I receive include the COLAS or the reduced amount only?

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I am divorced . Married more than 10 yrs . I am 60 yrs now . Ex-husband 62 .He social security higher than me . AT this time my SS early 62 at
$ 660 . My ex husband at 62 yrs at $2200 , when he 66 at $2500 . Can you show me how to calculate how much i will get at age 62 yrs.

Thank you so much

Hi,

Your figures can't be entirely accurate, because if your ex-husband's benefit rate at age 66 was $2500 his age 62 rate would only be around $1833.

Ex husband will be 59 in Nov. I will be 65 in October of this year. We were divorced in 2007. I know I am entitles to his soc. sec. Do I have to wait until he is 62 or can I draw his when I take full retirement at 66 next year. If I take early retirement at 65 can I draw his also.

Hi,

Your ex would have to be at least age 62 or drawing Social Security disability (SSDI) benefits in order for you to potentially qualify for divorced spousal benefits on his record.

Can I collect social security from a prior spouse, if I remarried when I was 58?

Can social security collect student debt from my social security benefit?

Hi,

You couldn't qualify for either divorced spousal benefits or surviving divorced spousal benefits if you remarried at age 58 and your marriage is continuing. However, if you were already drawing disability benefits as a surviving divorced spouse when you remarried at age 58, the remarriage wouldn't terminate your benefits.

I am on Social Security Disability got approved before my divorce and they never mentioned anything about going off my spouses amount he worked more as I stayed home and worked taking care of our children. Can I go and get it off his earnings?

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Hi Jerry were both on social security disability hes been on it for years I worked our whole marriage and then for the last 7 years I've been on it he was on it for the whole 20 years I was married to him. We have been divorced for 3 years but I've been separated from him for the last 8 years. My son just turned 18 so I get no more benefits for here my loss to $800 a month some only receiving 872 and really struggling.

I am on SSDi. I wish to get off it as i want to leave the states and i am not a citizen. Can i claim as divorced spouse at 62 if spouse is also 62?

Hi,

You couldn't voluntarily quit drawing Social Security disability (SSDI) benefits and draw divorced spousal benefits instead, nor would that necessarily enable you to receive your benefits outside of the U.S. You could theoretically switch to drawing regular Social Security retirement benefits instead of SSDI, but that would likely just cut your net benefit rate by around 25%.

I'm currently receiving ssdi can I collect on my exhusband s.s when he retires and will it effect my ssdi benefits

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