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If you've been married for seven years are you entitled to half of your spouse's pension benefits?
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∙ 11y ago
yes No...not by default -you might have been married 10 years, but spent 9 of those years overseas, living away from your spouse working a $400,000 per annum job, while your spouse taught grade school for $34,000 per year and kept the kids. Do you think you'd get awarded 50% of a school teacher's pension in this case? Slim chance! ..Such is a very often misconception when dealing with the military especially. People think that just because you've been married 10 years that a spouse (usually the wife) *automatically* gets 50% of the man's retirement. This is furthest from the truth. What is true is that once married 10 years, the spouse (usually the wife) qualifies to have her court ordered portion of the retirement check (if anything) sent directly to HER... verses relying on her former husband to give up her share monthly as ordered by the court. You can be married 20 years, and the court award you nothing out of your spouse's retirement. It totally depends on the contributing factors of the divorce, details of the marriage, etc. You can be married 15 years and the court award you only 5% of your spouse's retirement. *Remember... just because you're "eligible" for something, doesn't meant that you'll get it awarded to you automatically in court.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoMore Information: Social Security Benefits
A couple must be married for at least 10 years before a spouse is eligible to receive any portion of the other spouse's Social Security benefits. What percentage, if any, of private pension benefits an ex-spouse might be entitled to would depend upon the laws of the state in which the couple live.
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∙ 14y agoThe answer to this question may vary from state to state, but typically, in order for a retirement to be divided equally between two divorcing spouses, the entirety of the pension would need to be accumulated during the marriage. This follows something called the "time rule", which basically states that an interest in a pension is calculated by taking the number of months of contribution to the retirement and dividing that number by the number of months married DURING contribution to the retirement. This gets you to the marital interest in the retirement. Then you would divide the number by two (for each of the two spouses) and that is the non-retirement-earning spouse's interest in the retirement-earning spouse's retirement.
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∙ 11y agoin the philippine setting a married woman is entitled to her husband pension after they got married.
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∙ 12y agoIf you're in the US, generally you're entitled to half of the pension that accrued during the marriage.
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∙ 13y agoNO.. divorced means you cut all ties with your spouse ...
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∙ 15y agoNO.
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Is your husband entitled to some of your pension?
Both parties' pension and retirement accounts are considered assets that are divided in the divorce agreement or trial, much like a bank account or piece of physical property. If you are awarded a portion of your husband's pension, you are entitled to it. If you are not awarded any part of it, you are not entitled to it.
How many years do a person have to be married to get their spouses social security benefits?
10 yrs What if they have been astranged for that long
Can you get unemployment if you are receiving you late spouses pension?
Yes you can file
Does Boeing offer survival pension benefits to same-sex spouses of employees?
They now do. In January 2013, Boeing announced that they will now treat same-sex spouses equal to opposite-sex spouses for the purpose of survival pension benefits in states where same-sex marriage is legal, including Washington state, where they have extensive operations. They also stated that they will do so throughout the United States, even in states that ban same-sex marriage, if the United States Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA") that currently prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriages in the United States.
Can my husband 's 401k and pension be willed out to our children or by law is it the spouses?
The contributor has to designate the beneficiaries of the 401k.
Can a dependent of an INCARCERATED person get social security?
Yes, if you are eligible for Social Security benefits, you will still receive your benefits. According to the Social Security Administration, the person incarcerated will not receive monthly Social Security benefits, but benefits to their spouse or children will continue as long as those dependents remain eligible.
In Canada how does an exwife claim her exhusbands Canadian pension?
Former spouses have no right to their former spouse's pension. Claiming such would be fraud.Added: If you are referring to a Canadian GOVERNMENT pension, you may wish to contact the agency for which he worked.It may not be the same - but in the US, if an ex-wife qualifies she can receive a percentage of her ex-husbands pension equal to the numbers of years they were married while he worked for the government. You should REALLY check this possibility with an attorney skilled in that area of law practice.
In Nevada do you inherit your spouses debt when you get married?
yes
Are gay people permitted to join the Canadian Forces?
Yes and they can be open about it. Spouses (married or common-law) are also recognized by the Canadian Forces so they can receive benefits and support too.
If You Get Divorced, How is Your Military Retirement Pension Divided?
U.S. military members are entitled to a pension when they retire. If a military member gets divorced long before he reaches retirement age, the divorce court must consider the pension he is likely to get years later and how to divide it. Most states consider military pensions to be assets subject to division just like other marital property.Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection ActThe Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act, or USFSPA, is the law governing the division of military pensions following a divorce. This law gives states the power to divide military pensions between spouses in the event of divorce. Only a divorce court in the state the spouses reside in may have the power to make this type of decision, unless the spouses consent to the division. For example, if a service member lives in New York but is stationed in Colorado, he has to give consent for a Colorado divorce court to divide his military pension. Otherwise, this part of the divorce would have to be handled through a New York court. However, consent doesn't have to be explicit or in writing. If the service member participates in divorce proceedings in Colorado, the court will often presume consent to handling the division of pension in that state.10-year RuleThe USFSPA covers all military spouses, regardless of the length of the marriage. The marriage doesn't have to last for 10 years for divorce courts to divide the pension plan. However, if the marriage lasted 10 years or more, and one or both spouses served in the military for at least 10 years of the marriage, the U.S. Defense Financing and Accounting Service pays the ex-spouse her portion of the pension. Otherwise, the spouse who receives the pension must pay his former spouse her share when ordered to do so by the court.Timetable of PaymentsThe divorce court can determine when a former spouse is entitled to pension payments. In some cases, the court may order that the ex-spouse receive her expected payment immediately in one lump sum. In other cases, the court may require that the ex-spouse begin receiving payments upon her former spouse's retirement.
Can two spouses turn away from their marriage when having social connection to other spouses and get married after their spouses death?
Well, it looks like English... I guess the answer is yes.
How do you use spouses in a sentence?
I married a woman. She is now my spouse and I am hers.
