Posted by missussex on April 4, 2010, 10:20 pm
> On 4/4/2010 8:33 PM, Samantha Hill wrote:
> <snip>
> I don't think I'm being clear. I know how it works if you are divorced
> - you must have been married at least 10 years. I'm asking about a
> couple who will be married less than 10 years at the time of their full
> retirement age, and one wants to claim off of the current spouse's SS,
> disregarding whether either or both were married before because neither
> is wanting to claim off of an ex-spouse. So far, Google hasn't come up
> with anything to answer that specific question, and I really didn't want
> to wait on hold all day by calling SS. I was just hoping that someone
> on here would know or would have been in that situation. Heck, I have
> several years before this comes into play. Everything will probably
> change by then.
As far as I know, the length of the marriage doesn't matter unless you
are divorced.
Posted by MAS on April 4, 2010, 10:21 pm
On 4/4/2010 10:20 PM, missussex wrote:
>> On 4/4/2010 8:33 PM, Samantha Hill wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> I don't think I'm being clear. I know how it works if you are divorced
>> - you must have been married at least 10 years. I'm asking about a
>> couple who will be married less than 10 years at the time of their full
>> retirement age, and one wants to claim off of the current spouse's SS,
>> disregarding whether either or both were married before because neither
>> is wanting to claim off of an ex-spouse. So far, Google hasn't come up
>> with anything to answer that specific question, and I really didn't want
>> to wait on hold all day by calling SS. I was just hoping that someone
>> on here would know or would have been in that situation. Heck, I have
>> several years before this comes into play. Everything will probably
>> change by then.
> As far as I know, the length of the marriage doesn't matter unless you
> are divorced.
Thank you. If true, that's interesting.
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> <snip>
> I don't think I'm being clear. I know how it works if you are divorced
> - you must have been married at least 10 years. I'm asking about a
> couple who will be married less than 10 years at the time of their full
> retirement age, and one wants to claim off of the current spouse's SS,
> disregarding whether either or both were married before because neither
> is wanting to claim off of an ex-spouse. So far, Google hasn't come up
> with anything to answer that specific question, and I really didn't want
> to wait on hold all day by calling SS. I was just hoping that someone
> on here would know or would have been in that situation. Heck, I have
> several years before this comes into play. Everything will probably
> change by then.