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Re: Transition from Spousal Benfit to Survivor Benefit before reaching FRA

Thank you also, FredSmifMan! The words are there in the SSA docs, but the specific intended meaning is left pretty ambiguous. Your reference to the Ask Larry article provided a pretty clear, succinct answer:"If your wife is drawing her reduced retire...
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Re: Transition from Spousal Benfit to Survivor Benefit before reaching FRA

Thank you GailL1 (Valued Social Butterfly) for your responses and for correcting the error in my post. My wife was indeed born in 1958 and is considering enrolling this year at age 62. It's unfortunate we cannot get dependable answers from our SSA of...
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Transition from Spousal Benfit to Survivor Benefit before reaching FRA

The AARP Social Security Resource Center article "How does Social Security work when a spouse dies?" states: "If you were already receiving spousal benefits ... on the deceased work record, Social Security will in most cases switch you automatically ...
LKWinFla 01-16-2020 09:11 AM
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Re: Transition from Spousal Benfit to Survivor Benefit before reaching FRA

Thank you also, FredSmifMan! The words are there in the SSA docs, but the specific intended meaning is left pretty ambiguous. Your reference to the Ask Larry article provided a pretty clear, succinct answer:"If your wife is drawing her reduced retire...
LKWinFla 01-22-2020 03:45 PM
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Re: Transition from Spousal Benfit to Survivor Benefit before reaching FRA

Thank you GailL1 (Valued Social Butterfly) for your responses and for correcting the error in my post. My wife was indeed born in 1958 and is considering enrolling this year at age 62. It's unfortunate we cannot get dependable answers from our SSA of...
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Transition from Spousal Benfit to Survivor Benefit before reaching FRA

The AARP Social Security Resource Center article "How does Social Security work when a spouse dies?" states: "If you were already receiving spousal benefits ... on the deceased work record, Social Security will in most cases switch you automatically ...
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Re: Transition from Spousal Benfit to Survivor Benefit before reaching FRA

Thank you also, FredSmifMan! The words are there in the SSA docs, but the specific intended meaning is left pretty ambiguous. Your reference to the Ask Larry article provided a pretty clear, succinct answer:"If your wife is drawing her reduced retire...
LKWinFla 01-22-2020 03:45 PM
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Re: Transition from Spousal Benfit to Survivor Benefit before reaching FRA

Thank you GailL1 (Valued Social Butterfly) for your responses and for correcting the error in my post. My wife was indeed born in 1958 and is considering enrolling this year at age 62. It's unfortunate we cannot get dependable answers from our SSA of...
LKWinFla 01-18-2020 02:15 PM
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Transition from Spousal Benfit to Survivor Benefit before reaching FRA

The AARP Social Security Resource Center article "How does Social Security work when a spouse dies?" states: "If you were already receiving spousal benefits ... on the deceased work record, Social Security will in most cases switch you automatically ...
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