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Social Security Benefits?

My mother is retiring from work next year January and she will be 65 years old also in January. My dad has been on disability for a couple of years now, however my mother and father have been divorced for well over thirty years. Can my mother collect any benefits from my father? They were married over 10 years and years ago? Thank you.

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By Sonia C.

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June 30, 20140 found this helpful

Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them.

 
July 1, 20140 found this helpful

Years ago, the divorced wife could collect benefits from her ex husband if they were married more than 10 years before the divorce. She would receive which ever amount was greater: her own SS or his, not both. My mother and I discovered that she would get more from her own.

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This may well have changed. You need to go to the SS Office and find out. Need proof of marriage and divorce to check his record, as well as other documents for hers. Hope this helps.

 

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July 2, 20140 found this helpful

I believe so. The rule Jean described still stands.

 

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