On Mar 15, 2:44*pm, Nancy2 > wrote:
> On Mar 15, 12:28*pm, jmcquown > wrote:
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> > On 3/15/2013 12:12 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
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> > >> Maximum SS benefit is about 2500. *That means the wife could get half,
> > >> >or $1250. *The average person is collecting less than that after
> > >> >working their entire life
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> > >> >Even better, you can have multiple wives over the years and they can
> > >> >all collect half. *You just have to be married to each of them for 10+
> > >> >years.
> > > I think SS terms it "40 quarters," not "10 years."
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> > I don't think you're understanding the discussion. *He didn't say
> > anything about quarter hours earned. *He said if you're married to one
> > woman for ten years, divorce her then are married to another woman for
> > 10 years, they can each collect as a spouse.
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> Jill, I know what he was talking about. *The SS, the last time I
> talked to them, termed the required married time for a spouse to be
> able to collect on a former spouse's earnings, they used quarter
> (meaning quarter of a year), not years, as in 10 years. *Forty
> quarters is the same as 10 years, but the SS says "quarters" instead
> of years. *Clear now?
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What I wanna know is-----what is the amount a spouse gets if he or she
never worked, never kicked into SS -- what is the minimum amount they
get? I guess they just have to turn 65 and be legally married to
someone who is collecting an earned benefit.

Seems to me I heard a few yrs, ago it was about $450 a month. Not
bad for doing nothing.

I find it hard to believe that Polly paid into SS for 40 years and yet
her spousal amt is more than what she'd have received otherwise.