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Q: Can you collect social security if you are 40 years old and are retarded?
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Can a person that has paid in to Social Security for years then goes to prison collect Social Security?

No. Social Security does not pay prisoners.


Can you collect half of your social security at age 55 years?

You can only draw Social Security benefits at age 55 if you are disabled.


Can you collect disability after working eight years if you are 72 years old and collect Social Security from your deceased spouse?

You collect disability only if you show that you are unable to perform work, not that you worked as long as you have. If you worked eight years and there are justifiable reasons for quitting, as determined by your state's employment security office then you might be eligible for unemployment benefits. This has nothing to do with the Social Security you are presently receiving.


If after living with a man for 11 years but never got married are you going to be able to collect social security if he were to pass on I live in tenn so no common law marriage?

If you never married, you cannot collect on his social security.


Can you collect on your husbands Social Security Disability if you are separated?

If she was married to him for at least 10 years, she can. See the Related Link below for more information.


Can you collect both widow's benefit and your social security?

Not if the widow's benefit is also SSN. You get one or the other, usually you can chose the one that is of more value.


Can you draw my social security and my deceased ex husband's social security at the same time I am 67 and he died at age 79. We were married 10 plus years.?

I'm 79 yrs old can I continue to collect my social security and my husband should he die?


Who benefits from social security benefits ex-wife or current wife.?

I am an ex/wife of a man who I was married to for 12 years, his second wife has died. Can I collect on his social security when he passes away? Answer: Yes


Who benefits from social security benefits ex-wife or current wife?

I am an ex/wife of a man who I was married to for 12 years, his second wife has died. Can I collect on his social security when he passes away? Answer: Yes


Is a US citizen able to collect Social Security benefits if their opposite-sex US citizen domestic partner of 12 years passes on?

The Social Security Administration does not recognize domestic partnerships, even if they are opposite-sex.


Is Social Security in trouble?

Social Security has been in trouble for years and years, I will never see my money, this I know.


Can a ex-wife married for five years collect social security from ex-husband?

You have to have been married 10 yrs. See the Related Link below.