If you remarry can you collect social security on your deceased husband?

Question

I have remarried but want to retire and collect on first husbands ss due to amount of income

Answer 1

CFR 404.331 (C)

No. You remarry you forfeit. You have to collect new hubby's now.

Answer 2

I don't know if you can do that but I would check with the SS office. If you can collect on first husband, you know that you will not be able to collect on second husband. But in any case check with SS. Oh by the way if your first husband remarried his wife at that time would be entitle to his SS. Just a thought.

Answer 3

If you were married to him for 10 years or more you certainly can. Go to the SS office and get all the details there.


Okay, so someone who answered didn't know what they were talking about, but quoted some federal (looking) regulation so I thought I'd better get you the 'real deal' before anyone actually believed that wrong answer. For more information read below. I copied and pasted from the SS website. You can click on the included link for more information.



If you are divorced (even if you have remarried), your ex-spouse may qualify for benefits on your record if you are 62 or older. In some situations, he or she may get benefits even if you're not receiving them yet. (If your spouse will also receive a pension based on work not covered by Social Security, such as government work, his or her Social Security benefit on your record may be affected.)

Take a look at the fact sheet, "Government Pension Offset," for more information. To qualify on your record, your ex-spouse must:


Have been married to you for at least 10 years;
Be at least 62 years old;
Be unmarried; and
Not be eligible for an equal or higher benefit on his or her own Social Security record, or on someone else’s Social Security record.
NOTE: The amount of benefits your divorced spouse gets has no effect on the amount of benefits you or your current spouse may receive.

Answer 4

by way of the indisputable fact that's you ought to be able of collect because you meet the minimum requirement of being married for over 10 years; in spite of the indisputable fact that double-verify your skills for re-marriage. Why on earth ought to you want to remarry - there are not any reward. certain, he ought to collect on your SS yet in many situations relies upon on who made the most $$. If he paid extra into the gadget why ought to he pick to collect off yours if that's a lot less...? you want a monetary counselor to propose you which of them paths to absorb existence from the following on out that are maximum constructive to you.

Answer 5

No