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I Lost Money as a Widow and Ex-spouse by Not Knowing the Rules

Dear Rusty: I just found out, as someone who was collecting widow’s benefits on my second husband (a very small amount) for some time, that I was, all along, entitled to divorce benefits from my first husband which are much more.

I thought I had to wait until my first husband passed before I could collect anything from him. Now I learned…