One thing many people worry about when they apply for Social Security benefits based
on their former spouse's earnings is whether the ex-spouse will be notified.
If we draw Social Security benefits at FRA
on the former spouse's earnings and postpone taking Social Security benefits based on our earnings history, we can take advantage of that 8 % per year benefit payout increase effectively increasing our lifetime payout by as much as $ 100,000 to $ 200,000!
Let's face it — being the new spouse of a philanderer is a leap of faith, even if he or she cheated
on the former spouse to be with you.
The SSA considers a divorced survivor who remarries after 60 eligible to receive benefits based
on his former spouse's work record.
However, this may or may not be possible depending
on your former spouse's financial standing.
Widowed or divorced individuals may qualify for benefits based
on their former spouse's earnings history, which in some cases can be higher than the benefit they would receive based on their own earnings history.
If you remarry, you generally can not collect benefits
on your former spouse's record unless your later marriage ends (whether by death, divorce, or annulment).
No matter how your marriage ends, the minute you are no longer married you can reapply for benefits based
on your former spouse's earnings.
If you remarry, you can not receive benefits
on your former spouse's record unless the new marriage ends (by death, divorce, or annulment).
Even though you're getting divorced, you may still rely
on your former spouse for financial support — alimony, child support, and mortgage payments are just some of the financial obligations ex-spouses may negotiate in the divorce settlement.
Serve a copy of the motion for modification and supporting affidavit
on your former spouse.
However, if you have a marital settlement agreement that does not allow alimony to continue upon cohabitation, it could be invalidated if it places unfair conditions
on a former spouse that have nothing to do with her financial status — in essence, trying to control her social life with your purse strings.
Serve a copy of your affidavit and motion for modification along with the notice of hearing
on your former spouse.
A recent ruling from Ontario's Divisional Court requires litigants who want to serve documents
on a former spouse overseas to follow onerous international rules for service, says Toronto family lawyer Ryan McNeil.
Not exact matches
But
on the sidelines an equally intriguing contest will take shape between the
spouses of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both of whom would break new ground as either the first
former supermodel or the first man to occupy the East Wing.
If your
former spouse is caring for your child who is under age 16 or disabled who gets benefits
on your record, they will not have to meet the length - of - marriage rule.
If your
spouse or
former spouse has died and you qualify for survivor benefits based
on his or her earnings history, it could make sense to apply for those benefits now and wait to claim your own retirement benefits until later, when they are higher.
It is important that at some point both parties move onto focusing more
on their new lives than
on their past life with their
former spouse.
While
former spouses will never see eye to eye
on the other's health, our hope can be that both establish clear boundaries that cleanly separate their lives from each other.
Blaming and fighting with your
former spouse will not help you move
on, and, most sadly, it will most likely hurt your kids because they won't see things the way you do — she's their mom, and they don't want to take sides.
While it's always hard to divorce when there are young kids, Paltrow's and Martin's emphasis
on being good co-parents is also essential, and it's much, much easier to do that if you can be kind and loving to your
former spouse.
Our willingness to be flexible and perhaps even generous to our
former spouses aside, the divorce process does make a difference in how you feel post-divorce, or so family mediator Roseann Vanella writes
on my Facebook page:
Perhaps not; while about 15 percent to 45 percent of first marriages end in divorce about 60 percent to 80 percent of second marriages end in divorce (although numbers vary
on how many of those second marriages are to the
former spouse or a different one with assorted children from different parents all trying to live happily a la «The Brady Bunch» under one roof).
You should also consult with your
former spouse regarding which items
on your child's wish list each of you will purchase so that your child's wish list is fulfilled with no duplication or one - upsmanship.
Despite growing evidence that abusers often use custody battles to retain control over their
former spouses, Congress is still punting
on basic protections for survivors.
Originally published
on The Seattle Lesbian The Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two held Tuesday that Suzan McLaughlin is a legal parent of the son she and her
former same - sex
spouse conceived through donor insemination and raised together before the couple separated.
Mangano — who is scheduled to go
on trial, along with his
spouse, Linda, and
former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto March 12 — has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud.
A $ 75 limit
on gifts didn't stop
former County Executive Edward Mangano from accepting gifts of far greater value — including wood flooring, a massage chair and a no - show job for his
spouse — from
former restaurateur Harendra Singh.
If Labour is the largest party after the next election — and it is still unlikely — Adonis may find he gets his wish of seeing the second and third parties joining to form the coalition and leaving the
former spouse standing
on the sidelines again.
Eliot was listed as the plaintiff in the short - lived case against his
spouse, which came
on the heels of a scathing Post exclusive that revealed the ousted governor was canoodling with
former Bill de Blasio spokesman Lis Smith.
Citing her friendship with
former Clinton aide and Weiner's
spouse Huma Abedin, Gillibrand limited her comments
on the situation, however.
Political strategist Bill Cunningham, a
former adviser to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said voters pick a candidate based
on the
spouse and don't care if they are there.
One method of running the study would be to simply sample the American population at random, hoping that a significant number of people who had gotten divorced met their
former spouses on an online dating site.
Beautiful Russian women from all corners of the
former Soviet Union seek So many of our
spouses love to play video games in their spare time and with that in mind, we've come up with the perfect gift idea - one that gamers
on
Former Office star Melora Hardin has been tapped for a guest role
on ABC's new drama Killer Women, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.Hardin, who also recurred
on USA's Monk, will play Nan Reed, the long - suffering
spouse of a yahoo husband who... Read more
The actor and reality TV star was held in contempt of court
on 9 March (17) after his
former spouse Mary Jo Eustace filed a complaint in October...
Oscar upshot: If the Academy wanted a ratings - grabber of a showdown, they got one what with the press bent
on pitting Cameron's visually stunning Goliath of a blockbuster, «Avatar,» considered the highest - grossing movie of all time with nearly $ 3 billion worldwide, against
former spouse Bigelow's modestly budgeted but more narrative - forward «The Hurt Locker.»
Into the middle of this bog stepped Merryl H. Tisch, a
former 1st - grade teacher with an EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a
spouse, James Tisch, who heads Loews Corporation and has sometimes appeared
on the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America.
Set in Michigan's north woods, in Ohio's interior,
on islands, in casinos, and in distant cities, these stories are linked by the gone and not forgotten:
former spouses, dead parents, and missing children.
Your
former spouse needs to work with you
on developing a solution to separate the financial responsibilities of certain assets.
Exceptions include if the
spouse is part of the credit application or will use the account; if the applicant is relying
on a
spouse's income; or if the applicant is relying
on money from a
former spouse, such as alimony or child support.
If you and your
former spouse opened joint credit card accounts or you both signed off
on a mortgage or car loan, dealing with those debts should be a top priority.
Despite any trust that you may have in your
former spouse, you should definitely consider removing them as an authorized user
on any accounts that you own.
You are caring for a child who is under age 16 or disabled, and who gets benefits
on the record of your
former spouse.
And here is how the Per Stirpes / Per Capita issue becomes important in this case: what happens if the
former spouse is the only named beneficiary
on the account (no secondary beneficiary (ies)-RRB-, and the
former spouse pre-deceases the account owner?
To make sure your divorce settlement doesn't end with your credit destroyed, stay
on top of all bills throughout the proceedings and make sure you, your
former spouse, the courts and lawyers are all maintaining your credit as a priority.
So long as the
former spouse is in control of the money, doling it out when he or she decides to do so, the custodial parent will be unable to get
on with his or her new life.
The annuity varies depending
on the number of children and whether or not there is a surviving
spouse or
former spouse who is a parent of the children.
If this QDRO order gives your
former spouse more that the original decree, OPM will treat it as a modification of the original decree and go with the latest order
on file.
This means that you will get to make those payments and pay the taxes
on the money your
former spouse received before OPM started making the payment.