My husband of 14 years passed away. I remarried at age 5,7 but the remarriage ended in divorce. Am I still eligible to receive widows benefit from my deceased husband?

Hi,

Yes, if you are now unmarried you could potentially draw widow's benefits on your deceased husband's record. However, you must also meet the other requirements for entitlement, which can be found in Social Security's handbook: https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/handbook/handbook.04/handbook-0401.html.

I am 60, I applied for widows benefits was denied because I am still working and they said I made to much money. Yet a co worker of mine is age 64, and she applied for Widows benefits and get was told the same but they accepted her application and she got small checks every now and then. Now she is 62, her husband would have been 66 and she is now receiving his full benefits + she is working full time - how can that be?

Hi,

im 73, my girl friend is 76. we want togged married and not live in sin. what happens to her SS?
She is a widow and didn't work very much so her personal amount is very low. I can't provide for both of us if she loses her husbands benefits. what options do we have.

Hi,

Hi,
Widow benefits? my husband was born in 1943 and started to collect retirement benefits in 2009. He passed away this year. I was born in 1958. What are my options?

thank you

Hi,

I'm sorry for your loss.

if my wife starts collecting her personal social security amount at age 66(FRA) and i collect half of her monthly amount and delay taking my personal social security amount until i reach age 70 and then switch , if i die first, does my wife then get my larger age 70 monthly amount (,which is more than her monthly amount) or does it revert back to my age 66 amount?

Hi,

I was told by my CPA/ Advisor that I could request my widows pension retroactive back to Jan 2017, I turned
60 back in Dec 2016. but did not get a chance to report until March of 2017. So is there a way to get payment for months of Jan and Feb. this info was given to me from the the social security 's program manuel. Please let me know what else I need to do. I went to the social security office, but the gentleman did not seem to know if that was correct.

Hi,

I am a widow age 87 Am I supposed to collect 100% of my husbands social security?
His gross in the year he died is $2000.00 more that mine is . How can this be corrected I can not figure out how they arrived at this figure

Hi,

The surviving member of a couple generally gets the higher of their 2 benefit rates, however, the rate could vary somewhat if either the deceased or the surviving spouse started drawing benefits before full retirement age.

Im 48 and I lost my late hubby 5 yrs ago ..I get his retirement but when and what age can I get widower benefits

Hi,

I'm sorry for your loss.

Social Security widow(er)'s benefits can be paid as early as age 60, or age 50 if the widow(er) is disabled. However, to get full widow(er)'s benefits you would need to wait until your full retirement age, which is 67 in your case.

Best, Jerry

If I know how much Social Security Disability my spouse was receiving when he died, how would I figure out what my widow's benefit would be?
His disability checks were $920 per month.
He died in September 2015 at the age of 53.
We were married for over ten years when he died.
I am currently 53.
How would I figure out what my widow's benefit would be at age 60? (the earliest I could claim)

I have read through a lot of the social security rules and statues but my situation is still unclear according to what I've read. I need your help. I became a widow at age 39 in 1998. My husband was 49 when he passed with terminal cancer and had been receiving social security. He qualified for a medical retirement with his job of 25 years and we received his full pension 7 months before his passing. The social security continued for our children until they dropped off at age 18.