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Old 10-16-2023, 05:30 AM
 
Location: SW Corner of CT
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Just wondering, I have a family member married 5 times.....always his fault.
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Old 10-16-2023, 06:24 AM
 
Location: Williamsburg VA
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A divorced spouse can receive up to 50% of an ex-spouse's Social Security benefits if the marriage lasted at least 10 years and the divorced spouse is divorced at least two years, unmarried and at least 62. The benefit doesn't increase existing payments or reduce the ex-spouse's benefits.
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Old 10-16-2023, 06:26 AM
 
Location: NMB, SC
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If each of those 5 marriages lasted 10 years and none of the ex's remarried then all 5 could collect under the one ex.
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Old 10-16-2023, 10:19 AM
 
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The only reason you can’t is when you’re collecting a pension subject to WEP and for most people GPO reduces the benefit to zero. You can read about it on the SS website.
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Old 10-16-2023, 11:41 AM
 
Location: SW Corner of CT
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A divorced spouse can receive up to 50% of an ex-spouse's Social Security benefits if the marriage lasted at least 10 years and the divorced spouse is divorced at least two years, unmarried and at least 62. The benefit doesn't increase existing payments or reduce the ex-spouse's benefits.
Thank you. I believe only one marriage made the 10 year mark.
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Old 10-17-2023, 09:12 AM
 
Location: Bellevue
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Thank you. I believe only one marriage made the 10 year mark.
Then you may have to find out if that person is collecting SS. Maybe get 1/2 of their benefit.
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Old 10-18-2023, 01:36 AM
 
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Then you may have to find out if that person is collecting SS. Maybe get 1/2 of their benefit.
The ex spouse does not have to be collecting SS as a precondition to a person filing based on an ex-spouse's record.

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/ans...-exhusband.asp
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