I'm 64 years old and still working. Can I start collecting on my late husbands SS now?

Hi,

That probably depends on how much you're earning. If you file for benefits in 2019 at age 64, Social Security would withhold $1 of any Social Security benefits to which you're entitled for each $2 that you earn in excess of $17,640 this year. That could mean withholding all of your benefits or only part of your benefits depending on the amount of your earnings and your monthly benefit rate.

My husband passed away last year. He started receiving his benefits at age 62. Due to our disabled adult son, I receive a mother's benefit. I am currently 61, and will be 62 by the end of summer. My question is, at what age should I switch from a mother's benefit to a widow's benefit whereby I will be getting what my husband was getting at the time of his death.

Hi,

I'm sorry for your loss.

I'm 61 and I'm looking to retire in a year at 62 (DOB: 4/7/1958). I understand that I will be drawing my SS at a reduced rate. My question is, with my husband being 5 years older (66) if he was to pass away later (heaven forbid) could I then draw from his SS or do I have to continue to draw from mine.

Hi,

I am 59. A widow. If I entered in a domestic partnership can I still receive widow benefits

Hi,

Yes, as long as your domestic partnership isn't considered as a legal marriage under the laws of your state. And, of course, you'd also need to meet the other requirements for widow's benefits, which can be found in the following section of Social Security's handbook: https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/handbook/handbook.04/handbook-0401.html.

I am a widower for over 2 years (my wife passed away) and I have been collecting my social security benefit for 6 years.
I have been seeing and may marry a woman much younger (she is 46 years old) and she has never worked. She is just getting her US citizenship. I don't want her to work now, since I'm now retired.
Assuming I die before her, will she be able to collect 1/2 of my benefits when she turns a certain age?

Hi,

My husband died when he was 29. I remarried at age 31. I am now 60 years of age. Can I collect deceased husband's social security even though I remarried at age 31?

Hi,

My husband just passed away at 67. I am 57 and still working. He qualified for disability benefits at around 62 which was equal to his regular retirement benefit of $2,054.40. He made more money than I did and I plan to file on his benefit and we have been married 18 years, If I take a widows benefit at age 60 I understand it is a reduced benefit. My question is when I reach full retirement age (67)? can I receive the full amount based on his work history? Is the widows benefit calculated on his earnings or mine?

Hi,

I'm sorry for your loss.

I am helping my sister with claiming her widow social security benefits, and am trying to understand what her benefit eligibility is. She is currently 62 years old and is eligible for her own Social Security Benefit based on her work history. Her full retirement age is 66 years 6 months.

Her spouse died at age 64 in January 2019. He was disabled and began receiving a disability benefit 9/1/2018 of $2390 per month.

I am a widow and remarried at age 60. I am now being told I cannot claim survivors benefits cause I am now married. Is this true?

Hi,

Not if you remarried on or after your 60th birthday. A marriage that occurs at or after age 60 does not bar eligibility for widow's benefits. However, if you're remarried and your current marriage took place before you reached age 60 then you couldn't qualify for widow's benefits on a former spouse's record as long as your current marriage continues.

Best, Jerry

If I am to start to receive widow social security benefits at age 60 in 2019. I understand that If I get a job and earn more than the amount allowed under Social Security's earnings test my benefits will be either fully or partially suspended due to my excess earnings. So say, I had no job in 2019, but made $20,000 in 2020 and $70,000 in 2021, but expect to have no earnings in the years after 2021.