can i claim social security on my ex spouse?
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Benefits For Your Divorced Spouse If you are divorced, your ex-spouse can receive benefits based on your record (even if you have remarried) if: Your marriage lasted 10 years or longer. Your ex-spouse is unmarried. Your ex-spouse is age 62 or older.
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As the spouse or family member caring for a loved one who is seriously ill you can apply for Social Security benefits to help cover costs involved with being his or her caregiver. ... You may also qualify for benefits if your spouse is suffering from a serious medical condition such as: ALS.
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When a widow or widower, or a surviving ex-spouse, waits until age 60 or later to remarry, they preserve the right to collect Social Security benefits on their deceased spouse's earnings record. ... They never increase — other than by annual cost-of-living adjustments — beyond the deceased worker's entitlement.
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As long as a person is currently unmarried, the Social Security rules say he or she can collect benefits on an ex-spouse if not entitled to higher benefits on his or her own record. ... A divorced spouse can collect benefits based on an ex-spouse's earnings record even if the ex has not yet begun collecting benefits.
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En español | Only if your spouse is not yet receiving retirement benefits. In this case, you can claim your own Social Security beginning at 62 and make the switch to spousal benefits when your husband or wife files.
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No. There is no such thing as a disabled spousal benefit from Social Security, although there are disabled widow's benefits. So, unless your husband dies you couldn't get disability benefits based on his work credits.
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If you are divorced, your ex-spouse can receive benefits based on your record (even if you have remarried) if: Your marriage lasted 10 years or longer. ... You are entitled to Social Security retirement or disability benefits.
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Even if they have never worked under Social Security, your spouse may be able to get benefits if they are at least 62 years of age and you are receiving or eligible for retirement or disability benefits. Your spouse can also qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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As a spouse, you can claim a Social Security benefit based on your own earnings record, or collect a spousal benefit in the amount of 50% of your spouse's Social Security benefit, but not both. ... Additionally, if you are the higher earner, your spouse can apply to collect spousal benefits based on your work record.
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In this case, you can claim your own Social Security beginning at 62 and make the switch to spousal benefits when your husband or wife files. Social Security will not pay the sum of your retirement and spousal benefits; you'll get a payment equal to the higher of the two benefits.
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If you have never paid Social Security tax, claiming spousal benefits may be your only source of retirement income. However, if you are eligible to receive payments from a government pension or foreign employer not covered by Social Security, you may still be able to receive spousal benefits at a reduced rate.
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En español | Only if your spouse is not yet receiving retirement benefits. In this case, you can claim your own Social Security beginning at 62 and make the switch to spousal benefits when your husband or wife files. ... Again, Social Security will pay the greater of the two benefit amounts.
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As the spouse or family member caring for a loved one who is seriously ill you can apply for Social Security benefits to help cover costs involved with being his or her caregiver. ... Some applicants may only qualify for benefits from one program while those in serious financial need may qualify for both SSI and SSDI.
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Benefits For Your Divorced Spouse If you are divorced, your ex-spouse can receive benefits based on your record (even if you have remarried) if: Your marriage lasted 10 years or longer. Your ex-spouse is unmarried. ... You are entitled to Social Security retirement or disability benefits.
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If your ex collects Social Security based on your work record, your remarriage doesn't affect this in any way. ... Your ex can't remarry, however. Her benefits stop if she does unless and until her subsequent marriage ends by death, divorce or annulment.
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Many people ask “can I collect my deceased spouse's social security and my own at the same time?” In fact, you cannot claim both a survivor benefit and your own retirement benefit. Instead, Social Security will pay the higher of the two amounts.
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Eligibility for Divorced Spouse's Survivors Benefit To collect Social Security benefits after your ex-spouse dies, your ex-spouse had to have been collecting SSDI (or Social Security retirement) benefits at the time of death. Also, you must still be unmarried (with some exceptions—see below), and: 60 years old or older.