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Can a second wife collect Social Security?

Yes, you can. Notify the Social Security Administration that you were married more than once and may qualify for benefits on more than one spouse's earnings record. They will be able to tell you which record provides the higher payment and set your benefit accordingly.

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Yes, you can. Notify the Social Security Administration that you were married more than once and may qualify for benefits on more than one spouse's earnings record. They will be able to tell you which record provides the higher payment and set your benefit accordingly. Which one that is will depend on several factors, including each spouse's earnings history and the age at which you claim a survivor benefit or divorced-spouse benefits. As a widow or widower, you can collect survivor benefits from age 60 (50 if you are disabled), provided the marriage lasted at least nine months. In most cases the amount is based on what the deceased was getting from Social Security at the time of death (or, if they had not yet filed for benefits, what they would have been entitled to get). You can collect between 71.5 percent to 100 percent of the late spouse's payment, depending on your age when you claim survivor benefits. The minimum age of eligibility to collect benefits on the record of a living former spouse is 62. Ex-spouse benefits are based on your former mate's primary insurance amount — the monthly benefit he or she is entitled to at full retirement age. You must have been married for at least 10 years. Divorced-spouse benefits range from 32.5 percent to 50 percent of your ex's benefit, depending on your age when you file. AARP Membership — $12 for your first year when you sign up for Automatic Renewal Get instant access to members-only products and hundreds of discounts, a free second membership, and a subscription to AARP the Magazine. Join Now

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If you marry a third time, you might not qualify for either type of benefit. You cannot collect divorced-spouse benefits if your ex is still alive and you remarry, except under very limited circumstances. For survivor benefits, you lose eligibility if you remarry before age 60 — 50 if you are disabled — but the government has no problem if you get hitched past that age.

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Will my Social Security benefit go down if I don't work after age 60?

If I stop working before I claim Social Security, will my monthly benefit amount be reduced? Strictly speaking, no. If, for example, you stop working at age 60 but wait until 67 to claim Social Security, your benefit will not be reduced because you did not work in those seven years.

Strictly speaking, no. If, for example, you stop working at age 60 but wait until 67 to claim Social Security, your benefit will not be reduced because you did not work in those seven years. What you would lose is an opportunity to make your benefit bigger.

Here’s why. Social Security calculates your retirement benefit by:

Taking your highest 35 years of earnings from work in which you paid Social Security taxes Adjusting those income numbers for historical changes in U.S. wages Deriving a figure for your monthly average income Plugging that average into a formula that produces your benefit payment If you stop work at 60, your top 35 years at that age are the same as your top 35 at 67. Your calculation, and the monthly average income on which your benefit is based, would be the same. AARP Membership — $12 for your first year when you sign up for Automatic Renewal Get instant access to members-only products and hundreds of discounts, a free second membership, and a subscription to AARP the Magazine. Join Now However, if you continue working in those years, and they turn out to be among your 35 highest-earning years, they will displace lower-income years in Social Security’s calculations, driving up your monthly average income and, therefore, your benefit. You can get personalized benefit estimates based on past and potential future earnings by using AARP’s Social Security Benefits Calculator or checking your online My Social Security account.

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