How to Get Your Ex-Spouse to Help Fund Your Retirement

How to Get Your Ex-Spouse to Help Fund Your Retirement

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Your ex-spouse might be able to help you feather your nest in retirement. Even better, there's at least one former-spouse benefit that you won't need to go to court to get access to: payment based on your ex-spouse's Social Security earnings record.

Oh, sure, like everything else Social Security-related, you need to qualify for benefits as an ex-spouse. But once you qualify, the money is yours -- and your ex doesn't even need to know you applied.

How does that work?
According to the Social...

How to Get Your Ex-Spouse to Help Fund Your Retirement originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-03-07T12:55:00Z.

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