Divorced Widow(er) Benefits

Hello Larry.

Hi Larry, I'm 65 years young, this coming September 2020, will be 66 years young. I been on disability for quite awhile 44 years , when I start my (SSDI) and (SSI) Both equals to $690.. My ex.husband just recently passed away May 2020.

Hi Larry,
I was married for 26 years and have never remarried. My ex husband remarried and is still married. I am collecting on my own social security and am now 73 years old. Am I eligible for full divorced widow benefits or a portion of his benefits....when and if he passes before me?

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Situation - Divorcee that had been married 20+ years, currently 56 years old. Ex-Spouse had early onset dementia and was on Social Security Disability for the last 3 + years of his life. Questions 1 How is the amount the 50% spousal benefit is calculated? On the Disability amount that he was drawing upon his death? Or what his regular Social Security calculation would have been upon his reaching FRA ? 2: When could the Divorcee begin drawing the benefit without reduction/penalty? Age 60 or sometime later?

I applied for widows benefits (divorced) at age 60. My ex-husband of 18 yrs died 5 yrs ago at age 58, never collected benefits. I was told I would receive $1530. a month. However, I received 5 months back payment (SSA is back-logged, I was told) for $6826. That comes out to $1374 a month. Why would I receive the reduced rate? That's $156. less than I was told. I just received a letter from SSA stating my benefits will be $1374. Should I question this, or pursue it with them, or just take the reduced payment? Thank you.

Hi,

I was married for 19 1/2 years to my ex husband. I was his second wife. He was married to her for 4 years. He died in 2018 at 67. I’m separated from my current husband pending divorce ASAP. My question is once I’m divorced can I get my ex husbands Social Security?! Oh I’m disabled if that matters. I don’t know.
Please respond ASAP.
Thanks

Hi,

I was told I could collect social security off my ex husband since we had been married over 10 years and I never remarried. He passed away a couple months ago. Can I start collecting now or do I have to wait till I'm 62?

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My friend who is 63 years old divorced 20 years but had been married to this man for 18. He passed away 4 years ago. She works fulltime. Is she entitled to benefits from her ex husband's social security? She wants to continue to work. Her ss will be better then his at retirement

Hi,

My ex-husband just died at 67 but neither of us had begun taking our social security yet - we were planning to wait until 70. I am in the age window where I can switch benefits, but mine are less than my ex's and will still be if I wait to collect on my record until I'm 70. So that's not an option. When I went into the SS office recently, I was told that his benefit amount is frozen as of his date of death so they advised me to take my ss retroactively for six months and begin collecting on his record immediately.

I am about to be 62 in one month, and I’ve been receiving survivor’s benefits since I was age 60. ( I was married to my ex spouse, who was murdered at age 55, about 15 years after our divorce, and who was not yet receiving any type of SS. He and I both never remarried, although he lived with a woman for many years in a common law marriage state —- she is now claiming that she is his legal wife. ) At age 62, in a month, SSA told me I would be eligible for reduced SS benefits on my own earnings, which are higher than my deceased ex husband’s earnings.