I think I get more questions about benefits for spouses than I do about any other kind of Social Security benefit. And even though I’m using the gender-neutral term “spouses,” these questions almost always come from women wondering what benefits…
these questions almost always come from women wondering what benefits they might be due on their husband’s — or ex-husband’s — Social Security record. Or they come from men asking about the benefits their wives or ex-wives might be due on their record. Women tend to qualify for benefits on a husband’s record because, most times their own Social Security benefit is less than their husband’s benefit.
People are also reading… Q: My husband is 67 and starting to receive his Social Security benefits. I am 62. Other than a few years after high school when I had some part-time jobs, I have spent my entire adult life as a wife or homemaker, so I have no Social Security of my own. A neighbor told me that after my husband dies, I will never be able to get widow’s benefits because I don’t have my own Social Security account.
Q: I am turning 62. My husband is 68 and getting Social Security. Can I claim reduced spousal benefits now on his record and then at age 67 switch to full benefits on my own record? A: The formula is pretty simple. They will take your wife’s full retirement age rate and subtract that from one-half of your FRA rate. Any difference will be added to her reduced retirement benefit rate.
Q: I am 63 and have been a wife and homemaker all my life. So, I get a small percentage of my husband’s Social Security. But I’ve always wondered this: Why don’t women in my position get Social Security credits for the work we did as homemakers and child-care providers?
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