Your remarriage after age 60 does not prevent you from becoming entitled to benefits on your prior deceased spouse's Social Security earnings record.
Your remarriage does not prevent you from becoming entitled to benefits on your prior deceased spouse's Social Security earnings records as long as:
Your remarriage occurs after you turn 50; and
Your remarriage occurs after you become disabled.
Note: If you remarry before you turn 50, you will not be entitled to survivor's benefits, unless the marriage ends.
If you remarry before age 60, you will not be entitled to survivor's benefits, unless:
Your subsequent marriage ends, whether by death, divorce, or annulment; or
Your marriage occurred after age 50 and you were entitled to benefits as a disabled widow(er) or disabled surviving divorced spouse.
If you remarry before you turn 60 and that marriage ends, you may become entitled or re-entitled to benefits on your prior deceased spouse's earnings record. Your benefits begin the first month in which the subsequent marriage ended if all entitlement requirements are met. If the remarriage was absolutely void or was annulled from the beginning, see §1853.
Last Revised: Feb. 2, 2007