Divorced after a marriage of 32 yrs your husband has remarried need to know how can you get survivor benefits from your husband's pension since yours was a Lifetime marriage?

Answer 1

This should have been in your divorce decree, if it was a pension from the company he works for. However, the pension rules may not allow it to continue to a divorced spouse, even if he is willing. For Social Security pensions, you can receive benefits if you were married over ten years, based on his income. However, if you remarry before you are 63, you are not entitled to a portion of your ex-husband's social security benefit, but rather the best of your own or the new husband's. This matters if you were at home all those years and the next guy has not earned as much; mine differs by about $500 a month. You will need to know the husband's social security number to get benefits when you retire.