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Call the Social Security Administration, they will be able to give you a straight answer!
I don't know about SSI, but if it is retirement social security, you will get enough to add to yours so that you will be drawing half of what he gets. However, if your social security, alone would be more than his it wouldn't work that way. I have a friend whose social security worked out that way. It really annoys me that with what I get, for a total, I know how much my ex husband gets, and he also gets a good pension from the city that he worked for, for 25 years, plus he is still working almost full time at the age of 71.
Actually you will receive part of his SS if he has made more money than you since you were married for ten years but why ask us when any questions you need answers to can be answered by the SS office and you know the answers will be right. They do not mind answering your questions because that is what they are there for and that is what keeps them employed. They will be very nice to you.
You really need to contact social security for an answer to your question. You can go to your local office to speak to someone in person. There are so many variables they consider such as your age, his age, whether he is alive or has passed away, whether disability is/was involved and/or whether he has/did reach the age of 62.
People receive SSI when they don't have enough work credits in the past 10 years to qualify for SDA. SSI is a set amount you receive, and I've only seen people who get it receive the same amount. Here in Michigan, the amount if $674.00 per month.
cathyphelps, a person is not given SSI because they don't have enough credits. SSI is based on medical and financial needs. In my case I receive SSI because I own no real property other than a decade old car and also because of no way to earn a regular income. If I had property I would have been placed on SSDI when I became disabled which would mean I would not be able to receive the supplemental help for medications, food and housing. I worked for thirty five years up until the time I became disabled.
Also, the amount I or anyone else will receive is not based soley on credits, whether SSI or SSDI or actual retirement, but rather based on your overall contibutions you paid to social security during your entire lifetime. The amount you mention people you know is simply a coincidence. I know others who have become disabled and the amount ranges are all quite different and that's because of the amount each of us contibuted over a lifetime.
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