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Originally Posted by sharonqjones
You hopefully will avail yourself of the information and resources offered directly by the Social Security Administration. An appointment at the Leesburg office will be well worth your time. I also can't tell you how dumb (and illegal) it would be to divorce just to scam a bigger SS check.
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I agree with everything you said, except the part about it being illegal to divorce for a larger SS check. The IRS used to treat these divorces as a sham transaction and deny the extra benefits. However, two recent Supreme Court decisions, in 2014 and 2015, are complicated, but they seem to rule that the Federal Government must acknowledge all State marriages and divorces as legal regardless of why they were made.