Spousal Benefits with Social Security

Married? You might be missing out on significant Social Security benefits! Learn how to claim effectively.
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[@jaynegorup9790]

I drew on surviving spouse benefit after he passed. But ten years later I go a polite letter from Social security that I could get money. Which was significant amount more. So I switched to my record. Thank you Social security

[@laurajones338]

Rules about Social Security are constantly changing.

[@laurajones338]

If you are divorced, you don’t get your ex’s benefit anymore. He has to actually receive benefits, then you get 1/2 the difference between his benefit and your benefit. Woe betide women who divorce late in life. Elderly wives who dedicated their lives to their children and a husband (who did not want them to work) sometimes get less than $900 a month in social security.

[@alexbay5347]

My mom was able to get a spousal benefit as she did not have her own and she gets $300/month.

[@laurajones338]

@@alexbay5347 What a paltry amount! That’s criminal. Being a mom violates so many OSHA and fair labor laws. I always discourage women from being stay-at-home moms. If we had universal pensions, this wouldn’t happen.