I am not trying to be morbid, but I think this is very important information that every woman should know. My brother passed away recently, and since his widow was under 60 years old, she received NO widows benefits. Also, she never worked long enough in her life to earn her required 10 quarters of social security deductions from her paychecks to qualify for benefits, even when she's old enough to collect on them. She is unskilled and hasn't worked for many years, and has back problems, so it's unlikely she could find a job that would pay enough to keep her. She is losing her home and has to move in with her elderly father.
For all you young women who want to be stay-at-home mothers, first of all, I applaud you for that. But when your children are in school, it might be wise to get a job, so that, God forbid, anything should happen to your husband, you won't be left without benefits. You have to be at least 60 years old to receive widows benefits, or disabled and been diagnosed disabled at least 7 years prior to your husband's death.
Sorry to be so morbid this morning, but this is something most women don't know. Also this would apply to stay-at-home dad's.
Social Security Widows Benefits
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Re: Social Security Widows Benefits
OMG that is just terrible, here in Canada you automatically receive half of your partners pension when your partner dies no matter what age and no matter if you worked or not, at least in my province. Wow I am so sorry to hear this about your brother's death and the problems that is happening with his widow, will she get an old age pension at 65? here in Canada you can get it at 60 if you wanted to...
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Re: Social Security Widows Benefits
She might be able to collect on her husband's social security when she turns 65. But that's at least 12 years away. But since she hasn't worked long enough in her own lifetime, she won't be able to collect anything of what she would've gotten had she worked.Kittencal wrote:OMG that is just terrible, here in Canada you automatically receive half of your partners pension when your partner dies no matter what age and no matter if you worked or not, at least in my province. Wow I am so sorry to hear this about your brother's death and the problems that is happening with his widow, will she get an old age pension at 65? here in Canada you can get it at 60 if you wanted to...
