Social Security rules for divorced spouses
First rule: There must be at least a decade between 'I do' and 'I don’t.'
Social Security claiming rules are complicated. So is divorce. And when you combine the two — Social Security claiming rules for divorced spouses — the results could make your head spin.
If you are at least 62, unmarried and divorced from someone who’s entitled to Social Security retirement
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