I applied for my myself and my daughter age 8 at the time to recieve my husband benefits I was told I didn't qualify but my daughter did. When my daughter was about to turn 16 I recieved a letter stating the payments were about to stop due to her turning 16. As I write my daughter is 19. I called the SS office and still didnt get anywhere. Do they owe me for survivor spousal benefits?

I've just been diagnosed with a terminal illness. I probably will be dead in 2-5 years. The rest of my situation is as follows:

I was married to my first husband for 20 years. He has been deceased for 4 years. I remarried, but have been separated and on my own for over 2 years. I have received my own Social Security for over 3 years. Can I receive my first husband's social security benefits if it's higher than mine?

I have been on disability for at lease 15 years but am wondering if I could get my deceased husbands benefits even though I think I made more than he did when working.

I was 1 year 1 month 4 days old when my mom died of cancer I am currently 38 can I get survivers bennifits do to loss of parent as a child

Hello,I will be 60 soon in March, I will be filing for benefits..is there a difference between widows pension and survivors benefits?

Hi. Widow's benefits are simply one category of Social Security survivor benefits. Other types of survivor benefits include child benefits, parent's benefits, child in care mother's and father's benefits, etc. Each type of survivor benefits has different eligibility requirements, and each type of survivor benefits has it's own rules for calculating benefit rates.

My survivor benefits were cut after 4-5 yrs, I care for our daughter who has a Disability and is 17yrs old and still attending High School. Also she have other 3 kids all over 18 that doesn’t attend high school and never Graduated what should I do

Hi Larry, I wanted to learn more about the widows and widowers program from social security and would I possibly qualify? I am 49 years old and my wife passed away six years ago. At the time, our son was 18 months old. I’ve fortunately been able to raise him as best I can without his mom but since being laid off things have become more difficult. Additionally, I think almost being 50 has not helped in my job search. My son does receive monthly social security payments based on my wife’s work history.

Thanks,
Mark

Larry, my sister-in-law, passed away last year at age 50. She and her surviving ex-husband, were the same age (he is now 51). They have three children, one of whom is under 16 (he's 11) and is currently collecting monthly survivor benefits on his mother's record (I believe it comes to 75% of her benefit amount; the other two children are over 18). My questions: Can the surviving ex-spouse also collect survivor benefits (which I believe would also be 75% of her benefit), given that he is now the sole caretaker of their young son who is under 16?

I was with my husband for 20 yrs. Married 7. He died at 35. My income was more than his. I am on disability so they said I can't claim survivor benefits. We had no children. That was in 2001. Is it true I can't get survivor benefits?

Hi. I'm sorry for your loss. I'm assuming that you were still married to your husband at the time of his death, since you would need to have been married for at least 10 years to potentially qualify for survivor benefits as a divorced spouse.