Social Security Spouse's Insurance Benefits
Managing Agency
U.S. Social Security Administration
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121014040127/http://www.socialsecurity.gov
Program Description
These are benefits paid to the spouse of a worker who receives Social Security Retirement or Disability benefits.To qualify for this benefit program, you must meet all of the following requirements:
- Be married for at least one year to someone who receives Social Security retirement or disability benefits or be the mother or father of the worker's biological child
- Be at least 62 years old or under age 62 and caring for a child (under age 16 or disabled) of the retired or disabled worker
- Not be getting a higher Social Security retirement benefit based on your own work.