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Divorced Spouse Benefits When Exes Don’t Talk
We have blogged about divorced spouse benefits several times, but we received an email question leading us to believe we may need to...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Feb 23, 20163 min read
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Social Security Spousal Benefit Refresher
This week we received an email with questions about Social Security Spousal Benefits. The emailer asked several things I believe...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Feb 9, 20162 min read
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New Social Security Changes Cost Middle Class Couple $21000
Again this week we have evidence of the negative effects of the new Social Security Changes. The proponents of these changes argue that...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jan 5, 20163 min read
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Questions On the Changes to Social Security
As word gets out about the changes to Social Security implemented in early November, we are starting to get a substantial number of...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 8, 20153 min read
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New Social Security Rules Cost Divorcee $48,000
We have had our first live case of a person approaching retirement who is significantly harmed by the new Social Security rules we have...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 17, 20153 min read
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Spousal Benefit vs Your Own Earned Benefit
A divorced woman trying to decide between taking her own Social Security retirement benefit or the spousal benefit for which she is...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 29, 20152 min read
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Spousal Benefits for the Non-Married
Effective May 19th, 2015 it is possible for some people to be eligible for the same Social Security benefits as spouses, even though they...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jul 28, 20152 min read
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Divorced Spouse Benefit vs Your Own Retirement Benefit
We had someone write in recently asking us to confirm her plan for filing benefits. She is divorced, but not remarried and currently age...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jul 7, 20153 min read
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Divorced, Remarried and Divorced Again
We recently were sent the following question… “I was married to my first husband for 12 years before I divorced him when I was 45. I...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jun 23, 20153 min read
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Suspending Benefits & Claiming Spousal Benefits
Recently we received a question about Suspending Social Security Retirement Benefits, and since it is not the first time we have received...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Jun 16, 20152 min read
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Overcoming Privacy Concerns With Divorced Spouse Benefits
As our long time blog listeners/ readers know, divorced spouses are entitled to receive benefits on their ex-spouse’s earnings if certain...

Chris Stein, CFP®
May 26, 20153 min read
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GPO Can Make Claiming Decision Easy
If you’ve read this blog before, you know that sometimes you can have multiple possible claiming strategies when it comes to claiming...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Apr 21, 20153 min read
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Question on Remarriage and Survivor Benefits
We received a question from a listener regarding the effects of remarriage on survivor benefits. As this is a common scenario when a...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Mar 24, 20152 min read
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Social Security Benefits and Remarriage
In the past we have discussed Spousal Benefits for currently married couples as well as divorced spouses. Today I would like to cover...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Dec 10, 20142 min read
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Question on Divorced Spouse Benefits
Last week we discussed a question on Social Security spousal benefits that we received via email from a person who asked if it was...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Nov 4, 20142 min read
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Question on Spousal Benefits
In a previous blog post, we explained some of the basics of Social Security Spousal Benefits. Today we answer a question from a blog...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Oct 28, 20142 min read
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File and Suspend for Couples
File and Suspend is a Social Security claiming strategy that was made possible via the Senior Citizens’ Freedom to Work Act of 2000. ...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 30, 20141 min read
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Social Security Spousal Benefits
Social Security Spousal Benefits are an integral element of many Social Security claiming strategies. This blog marks our first foray on...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Sep 9, 20142 min read
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Social Security Divorced Spouse Benefits
The unfortunate reality of today’s divorce rate causes many questions to arise about how the Social Security system handles benefits...

Chris Stein, CFP®
Aug 26, 20142 min read
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