How long do you have to be married to someone to draw their Social Security?
How long do you have to be married to someone to draw their Social Security?
You can receive up to 50% of your spouse’s Social Security benefit. You can apply for benefits if you have been married for at least one year. If you have been divorced for at least two years, you can apply if the marriage lasted 10 or more years. Starting benefits early may lead to a reduction in payments.
Can a Catholic marry a divorced person?
Non-Catholics need an annulment before validly marrying a Catholic in the church. But divorced Catholics are not allowed to remarry until their earlier marriage has been nullified. If a Catholic has remarried civilly but not had their earlier marriage annulled, they are not allowed to receive communion.
What is the Catholic view on divorce?
The Catholic Church does not recognise divorce as it goes against the teachings of Christ – No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together. Divorce is the breaking of the sacrament and the vows made between the couple and God. The nature of marriage states that it must be life-long.
