Yes to both of your questions.  My wife was a professor at a community college.  She did not pay into Social Security and her pension previously made her not eligible for spousal benefits.  However, with the recent changes in the Social Security Fair...

My wife applied for spousal benefits in March and we still haven't heard from Social Security.  Her My SS account showed the application was stuck at step 2 of 3 in the Richmond office.  She finally called Social Security and found that she needed to...