Widowed ex may be eligible for benefits Minneapolis Star Tribune
Q I scarcely learned that my ex-husband, who I divorced years ago, has died. Am I entitled to his Social Security benefits? Are other former wives? Do we piece?
A Depending on the circumstances, you may be entitled to your deceased husband's Social Security benefits, as would his other wives. You wouldn't have to split payment among you.
According to Jim Czechowicz, a spokesman for the Community Security Administration:
• You may be eligible for benefits if the marriage lasted at least 10 years. Your former still must have worked long enough under Social Security for benefits to be paid on his records.
• If you remarried before age 60, you perhaps will not receive benefits on his record, but remarriage after age 60 will not affect your eligibility.
• There is no limit on the mob of former spouses who can collect on an account. If a man had three marriages and each marriage lasted 10 years, each former wife could rack up Social Security benefits on his account, as could his current wife. They wouldn't have to split a lump sum.
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