Divorce and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

My husband receives SSD. I was receiving parental benefits for my 14 year old daughter, and was also her payee representative for her child benefits. We separated a few months ago and my daughter has lived with him in the meantime. I notified SS and have been discontinued as her rep. payee and have been asked to pay back my benefits from the time I left. We are beginning the divorce process and custody hasn't been settled. I don't want to change payee arrangements until I know the custody outcome. What are my options? And if we are divorced am I eligible again for parental auxiliary benefits?

My husband is applying for disability but wants a divorce we have been married 18 years do I qualify for some of his benefits

I am 63. I receive disability and very little SSI since in my 25 year marriage I worked very little
My husband is 53. We live in different states. Me in Florida, he in Ky. We have not lived together for 2 years but are not divorced. My question is if I divorce would I be qualified for additional benefits under his earnings which were considerably more than mine. And re has recently been diagnosed with MS and may be disabled at some point in the near future. If that a factor as well?

We get ssi for our boys and are thinking about buying an rv, will this affect our payment.

I have sole custody of my children (legal and physical) I have been divorced from children's father for quite some time.. He's now remarried and just recently I found out he's getting SSI and that our children are entitled to auxiliary benefits...his current wife is saying she in charge of these funds and how it's spent...how does that work? By the way he is also in back child support since before ssi came into play... As the mother with full parental right, don't I get to, as far as the guidelines are concerned, see fit on how the benefits are spent etc clothing, recreation, and living expenses or do I strictly have to deal with his current wife? Or even him at that?

I have stage four cancer and I am not working at present. It's been 2 years. Prior to my nursing job, I was a stay home mother. I inquired as to disability benefits, but was told I didn't have enough work credits. How is it that others, who have never worked qualify? Just curious.

Question: I am 61 year old female. I receive SSD benefits, and have since 2009. I have been divorced for just over a year. We were married 15 years. My ex husband still works, is 53. Am I eligible to receive any of his Social security at this time? He is not retiring anytime soon. If I do qualify, will I receive my ex husband's Social Security option only, or will I receive it in addition to what I receive on SSDisability?

My ex husband died last week he was on ssdi. we were married 26 years, I an 64 and 10 months old and am collecting off my own ssi. I am not disabled. am applying for his death benifits next week . will the amount I receive be off his ssdi or his ssi. I did not remarry

Hi , I am on SSDI currently , my husband of 20+ years and I are separated He had a child with another woman before divorcing me. Now he just recently became very ill and will probably be receiving SSDI as well , His payments are going to be quite a bit higher than mine are. My question is Will I be able to get part of his SSDI for spousal ? Also Does the payment come out of his portion or from SSDI separately ? And lastly Do I need to go to social security office in order to apply for his benefits? Thank You

Hi my wife and I will be getting a divorce soon. We have a 11 year old child. He receives 50% of my SSD right now. She is listed as his payee. We are going to be in a joint custody agreement he will stay every other week at each of our homes. Is there anything I can do to have the money he receives divided between the two households since we both have him equal amounts of time. I need to provide for him just as much as my ex does. Or can I somehow become his payee so I can split the money on my own because she is not willing to do so... Thank you

My friend had her hearing today and was told that she could not get her
SSI Disability she will have to divorce her husband. They told her she will give her 225 on one and 700 on the other I just want to know if this is true

My friend has been separated from his wife since 2010. She has custody of their 15 year old son who receives some form of Social Security for his autism. The mother has agreed to allow the son to move in with his father because she cannot handle him anymore. However, she has stated she would contact Social Security and have the son's benefits stopped. Does she have the legal right to do this since the money is to help take care of her son's needs?

I am on disability now if I choose to get married will I loose my benefits I am 58

I have filed for divorce and I am currently filling out the application online. I am currently receiving workers compensation for an injury that to date had required 4 surgeries in a year and a half I am still not able to walk correctly.
On the SSD application the question " am I married" I am not sure what to put there, if I mark yes it wants my husbands information?? Please HELP!! Thank you

I am 55 and have M.S. I am presently married to an abusive man and want to get a divorce. I now collect SSDI. I get under $500. a month. We have a 13 year old daughter who is also disabled and thought I could wait until she grew up to divorce. I don't think this atmosphere is healthy for her at all. This is my second marriage and feel ashamed. I have called SS because I have been told I may be able to collect SS benefits from my ex-husbands account. He is married. SS said I could not get his benefits until me and him are 62. He is also 55. Reading these posts, It makes me think because I am disabled I can collect his benefits starting at age 50. I am so confused. I don't know how I am going to live if I divorce. I cant work at all due to my M.S. What benefits may I be eligible for? All I get is $485. monthly SSDI, nothing else. Thank you so much.

I have benn married for 27 years im receiving ssdi i am on dialisys . My wife got ill and is trying to get disability the officer told her in advance she might not get it but she can appeal but because she is married to me she can get a benefit of $200 or so dollars a month. She does not qualify for retirement for not enough credits , one credit short. But the officer of SS told her that if she gets divorced she can get over $700 hundred dollars
Based o my work record or history .Now she came to me and ask me for divorce is that good practice and ethics from officer? And if we get divorce would my benefits change
We dont have any kids and can i ask for more moneytary help? What should i do we dont have any property either. Thanks for your answer.

I receive SSDI benefits on my own work, my.exewife received a check for her and a check for my 14 yr old son on my work history, we have been divorced for 5-6 yrs and since the divorce she is living with my son and another man, she hasn't.remarried, she doesn't work but her male friend does they have lived together for last 5 yrs, her male friend is head of house hold and they file taxes together and claim my son as a dependent, she was awarded that in the divorce, the two checks she receives on my SSDI is considered child support by the court of law, one is payable to her for her the other is she is my son's payee, in the state of Oklahoma she is recognized as common law marriage if living with.another and representing your self as a couple initiating filing taxes together being legally binder by one contract or more to a debited together, that being said is she still eligible for espousal support, my son is 14 yr old soon to be 15. If she isn't eligible for exespouse benefits would the money then go to my child. I would prefer it does, and also since our divorce I have remarried would my new wife be eligible for spouseal benefits, she teaches school and during the summer months tries to be employed temporary until school starts again, one more thing would I quality for SSI also while receiving my SSD benefits. We do have a male child in the house hold from her previous marriage, he is a student furthering his education my wife received no child support due to the fact my stepson is 23,, he has also been diagnosed with Autism/ As bergers syndrome. I'd there any way we would qualify for a supplemental income of sort based on her not working and my.SSDI benefits are below poverty level @ $1407.00 a month we rent our house and have one car payment, pay utilities and I've been turned over to collections due to medical bills. And my health having me in and out of the hospital at all times. Your information on what I can do or where to turn to would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Jack Perigo

I am in the middle of a divorce. Th ex (father) is approved to get SSDI and according to him also dependent child benefits for my child aged 12 who lives with me 100% of the time. We were married more than 10 years and I filed for divorce 2 years ago. Divorce Trial set for September 2016. At the moment the amount and back-payment is unknown. I have never received any child support for my child in over 2 1/2 years. Am I entitled to spousal supplementary benefits now and when the divorce is final and how to proceed? I am 52 and the disability recipient is 56 and will be getting SSDI as of May 1st 2016 but no payments have shown up yet. Thanks!

If my ex wife applies for ex spouse benefits and she is qualified, will she be entitled to any backpay or will she just start receiving benefits?

My wife and I are divorcing. Two of our children receive SSI. Their mother is the representative payee. Since we have joint custody, am I eligible to be co-payee?

I was married to my husband for 20 yrs. Been divorced now for 6 yrs. I am 49 yrs old and We have 3 children together ages 22, 20, and 16. I have custody of all children.He remarried less than a yr ago and has just been awarded his disability. Do I qualify to recieve a check off of his disability?

I have been paying child support for the past 14 years. My ex wife recently started to collect disabilty. Is this grounds for having my support lowered?

I am 51 years old I am disabled .my ex 48 years old he works full time good health .I am disabled can I drow from him if we were divorced .because I'm disabled. I just wanted to know this .because I draw so little .we were married 13 years thank you

I'm 41; I receive SSDI based on my own work history since end of 2013 (I was diagnosed with SPS in 2009). We are living in Macau at the moment due to my husband's job. He wants a divorce, we have been married 17yrs. Due to my progressive condition and not able to live on my own nor I able to earn a living; I will be forced to go back to my home country (though I'm an American citizen) to live with my parents if we do divorce because I have no family in America. Will I still be able to receive my SSDI benefits if I go back and live in Indonesia? What happens if the SSD office request for me to get a review status while I am not able to come to America for it (my body can not handle the flight due to the seizures & spine spasms), will they stop my benefit? Am I eligible for any other SS benefit if I'm living outside America? Would I be able to receive any payments from my husband's SS benefit after the divorce is final? Thank you so much for your help