Eleven years ago, I divorced after 23 years of marriage. I had been a stay-at-home mother for more than 10 years and was ...

One of the advantages of claiming benefits based on your ex-spouse's record is that it does not impact the benefits they or ...

You may be eligible for survivor benefits if you’re the spouse, ex-spouse or child of someone who worked and paid Social ...

This is because under the GPO they would reduce any potential Social Security spousal benefits by two-thirds of the non-covered pension ($6000*.6667=$4000) and because the $4,000 reduction is ...

Collecting Social Security benefits from a ex-spouse is a pretty straightforward process, but there are a few things you might want to consider if you’re divorced and thinking about your retirement.

The U.S. Social Security Administration calculates a worker's monthly benefits, known as the primary insurance amount, or PIA, using a formula based on their 35 highest-earning years. In order to ...

Whenever an ex-spouse has the ability to make a claim for Social Security benefits, it does not affect any of the benefits that are payable to a spouse or other auxiliary beneficiaries who are ...

Most people understand that Social Security provides benefits to spouses and survivors, even if they didn't qualify for payments based on their own work records. But many do not know that even if ...

Czarnowski says it’s important to distinguish between benefits for a "divorced spouse," i.e., the ex is still alive, and benefits for what the Social Security Act refers to as a "surviving ...

The ex-husband “only has to be eligible (at least age 62). As long as he’s eligible to collect, you’re eligible for a spousal benefit.” ...

Mid-April features both Ex-Spouse Day and tax day. These two observances are extra important if you are an ex-spouse, because Social Security pays benefits to eligible former spouses. And, you may ...

If you are age 62, unmarried, and divorced from someone entitled to Social Security retirement or disability benefits, you may be eligible to receive benefits based on his or her record.