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Ex-Spouses' Social Security: What You Need to Know

Ex-Spouses' Social Security: What You Need to Know

Update: 2025-12-20
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Ex-spouses can claim Social Security benefits based on their former partners records, under specific conditions. The wifes ex-husband, divorced for over ten years, can claim up to 50% of her primary insurance amount at his full retirement age. The husbands ex-wife, married for over ten years, can also claim, potentially receiving the highest benefit available from either ex-husbands record. These benefits wont affect the couples own payments, as theres no family maximum cap for ex-spouses.

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Ex-Spouses' Social Security: What You Need to Know

Ex-Spouses' Social Security: What You Need to Know