Can I collect Social Security from my ex husband and mine at the same time?

If you have since remarried, you can’t collect benefits on your former spouse’s record unless your later marriage ended by annulment, divorce, or death. Also, if you’re entitled to benefits on your own record, your benefit amount must be less than you would receive based on your ex-spouse’s work.

Can I claim my ex husband’s Social Security if I remarry?

If your ex-spouse is deceased, you can remarry and continue collecting survivor benefits on his or her earnings record, as long as you were 60 or older when you remarried (50 or older if you are disabled). …

Can a divorced spouse still get Social Security benefits?

When you apply for spousal benefits as a divorced spouse, Social Security will assume you are also applying for benefits on your own work record, and you’ll be eligible for the higher amount of the two.

Can a former spouse of a deceased spouse collect Social Security?

Former wives (and all spouses, for that matter) of a worker who dies can receive Social Security divorced spouse benefits, as either spousal or survivor benefits. Moreover, they can receive benefits at the same percentages as widows and widowers), as long as the marriage lasted at least 10 years.

How does a divorce affect your retirement benefits?

If you are eligible for both your own retirement benefits and benefits as a divorced spouse, we always pay your own benefits first. If your benefits as a divorced spouse are higher than your own retirement benefits, you will get a combination of benefits equaling the higher divorced spouse benefit.

Do you get your ex spouses social security if you work?

Working while receiving benefits may impact the benefit amount, however. Ex-spouses entitled to benefits on their own record will receive those benefits first. If their own benefit is larger than the benefit they would receive as an ex-spouse, they will receive no spousal benefit. DID YOU KNOW?