mathjak107
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i have not seen anything about this but i am curious . it does not apply to me but it is one of those questions that makes you think .
if a wife is collecting a benefit and has her husbands spousal adder as part of her benefit , if he dies , i assume she gets to keep her benefit with the spousal adder until she files for survivor .
on the other hand if the wife did not file yet and was delaying and her husband dies pre her fra , if she wants to delay survivor and take her own , she gets no spousal adder at this point since he died .
does this sound correct ?
if it is ,then this can be another factor considered when one delays . there can be a lot of money given up . my wife got 4k a year added to her benefit when i filed and she got the spousal adder
if a wife is collecting a benefit and has her husbands spousal adder as part of her benefit , if he dies , i assume she gets to keep her benefit with the spousal adder until she files for survivor .
on the other hand if the wife did not file yet and was delaying and her husband dies pre her fra , if she wants to delay survivor and take her own , she gets no spousal adder at this point since he died .
does this sound correct ?
if it is ,then this can be another factor considered when one delays . there can be a lot of money given up . my wife got 4k a year added to her benefit when i filed and she got the spousal adder