By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 3 of a three-part overview of the Social Security Act’s  divorced spouse Social Security retirement benefits. Click here to read Part 1 and click here to read Part 2.

Here is an overview of the Social Security Act’s divorced spouse Social Security retirement benefits to consider as you contemplate divorce, negotiate your settlement, or select the date to make your decree effective.

In this final part, we'll address two questions:

• Do divorced spouse retirement benefits terminate if I remarry?
• How can I learn more?

By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part overview of the Social Security Act’s  divorced spouse Social Security retirement benefits. Click here to read Part 1 and click here to read Part 3.

Here is an overview of the Social Security Act’s divorced spouse Social Security retirement benefits to consider as you contemplate divorce, negotiate your settlement, or select the date to make your decree effective.

In this part, we'll address two questions:

• Am I eligible for divorce spouse retirement benefits?
• How are those benefits calculated?

By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 1 of a three-part overview of the Social Security Act’s  divorced spouse Social Security retirement benefits. Click here to read Part 2 and click here to read Part 3.

If the prospect of a penniless retirement leaves you shaking, you might want to delay your divorce until you have been married at least 10 years. That's what some people are learning the hard way.

Here is an overview of the Social Security Act’s  divorced spouse Social Security retirement benefits to consider as you contemplate divorce, negotiate your settlement, or select the date to make your decree effective.

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• Do I have to appear for a show cause hearing?
• Do military spouses receive benefits? Can you get a divorce while overseas?
• Will the court will impute my former income amount to me even though I'm no longer earning that amount?

Dan Danford, host of Money Made Easy, answers a viewer's question about whether he should close his own small business so that he can take a new job with steady health insurance benefits for him and his family.

Danford, MBA, CRSP of Family Investment Center, uses his own experience as a small business owner and financial advisor to explain options and best choices.