Widow and Widowers Disability Benefit Claims

Widow and Widowers Disability Benefit Claims

Widow Disability Benefit Claims Attorney In Detroit, Michigan

Eligibility Requirements

To be entitled to your deceased spouse’s benefits as a disabled widow/widower, your deceased spouse must have worked enough in Social Security taxed jobs to insure his/ her family for survivor benefits. Usually you are not eligible for disabled widow/widower’s benefits if you remarried before age fifty and are still married when you become disabled. Typically, you must also become disabled within seven years of the death of your spouse. Once you meet the non-disability requirements, you must then have a medically proven physical or mental condition which prevents you from gaining employment.

Contact The Law Center for Social Security Rights to schedule a consultation with a lawyer today by calling (248) 350-1000

Disabled Surviving Divorced Spouses

Disabled surviving divorced spouses who were married to a deceased insured worker for more than ten years are eligible under the same rules as widows/widowers. Social Security for disability can be paid to a disabled widow/widower and to a disabled surviving divorced spouse simultaneously without reducing the amount of each other’s benefits.


The laws regarding survivor benefits can be tricky. If you are not sure whether you qualify for benefits based on your deceased spouse’s (or ex-spouse’s), you should consider calling The Law Center. Having an experienced Social Security disability attorney in your corner vastly improves your chances of being approved for benefits.

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