This is why you see some seniors living together and not getting married. If you remarry, you would lose that extra $400. And as I'm on SS disability too, I know how much an extra $400 would mean! Somebody past 65 in my family has been living with somebody for some years without benefit of matrimony. There is some grousing in the family but I've always wondered if it's not because one or the other would lose a former spouse's SS or other pension if they got married. And it's not as if they were 16 and didn't know their own minds, now, is it. At their ages, if they want to live on their own, as I've chosen to do, fine. If they want to live as a couple, fine. Just don't remarry legally! Don't lose that benefit! -- "mamahop" <mamahop@pioneer-net.com> wrote: >From what So Sec told me is I can draw on my husband who passed away as we was married over 10 years and I'm disabled (job injury). I was told that if I remarry I can't draw on him anymore. As you have to be married 10 years and not have remarried. So if his first wife had not remarried (they was married 22 years) she and I both could draw. Now I only get a percentage of his money now but when I turn 66 I will get all his and my still get my own disability too...wow that is something to look forward to. and that will get me about $400 more a month when I'm 66. ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html">Illinois Lookup Web Page</a> ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx