Divorced after ten years

If you are divorced after at least 10 years of marriage, you can collect retirement benefits on your former spouse's Social Security record if you are at least age 62 and if your former spouse is entitled to or receiving benefits. If you remarry, you generally cannot collect benefits on your former spouse's record unless your later marriage ends (whether by death, divorce, or annulment). For more information, see "If You Are Divorced."

How divorce affects survivors benefits

If your divorced spouse dies, you can receive benefits as a surviving divorced spouse if the marriage lasted 10 years or more. Benefits paid to a surviving divorced spouse who is 60 or olderwill not affect the benefit rates for other survivors receiving benefits . For more information, see "If You Are The Worker's Surviving Divorced Spouse."