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People Who Don’t Want Social Security When we are talking about Social Security benefits, almost everyone wants more, not less. You can probably find 10,000 articles on the Internet if you search “maximizing your Social Security.” But I’ll give you a thousand dollars if you can find one story headlined “minimizing your Social Security.” Or consider this. Over the past 50 years, I think I’ve heard from about 50,000 people who told me they believe they are being cheated out of Social Security benefits or that they are just not getting enough money each month. Nobody has ever told me they think they are getting too mThe uch or that their Social Security benefits are too high. Until now, that is. I’ve saved up some emails from people who aren’t exactly saying they get too much money, but who, for a variety of reasons, don’t want their Social Security checks. Q: I was born and raised in France, and I am a French citizen. But I have lived and worked in the United States for the past 25 years. I am about to turn 62 and retire, and I plan to move back to the south of France where I have a villa near Nice. I was married to an American citizen. We have been divorced for a few years, but we are still ver y good friends. She is also 62. Because my family is wealthy, I really don’t need my American Social Security check. I would like to give my Social Security to my ex-wife. Can you tell me how I go about doing that? A: That’s not how it works. You can’t give away your Social Security, although in a roundabout way, you can do something similar. And your wife may be eligible for spousal benefits on your account. Let me explain. Because you have worked and paid into the U.S. Social Security system for a quarter century, you are due Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62. Even if you move back to France, you are still due the money. (You worked and earned it, after all.) And your Social Security checks can be sent to your bank account in France. When you file for benefits, your ex-wife can file for spousal benefits on your record. (This is assuming she has not remarried, is not working and is not due higher benefits on her own Social Security record.) At the beginning of this answer, I said you can’t give your Social Security to your ex-wife. And by that, I meant you can’t assign the benefits to be paid in her name. But once you start getting your monthly benefits, the money is yours to do with as you please. So if you want to send her money each month in the amount of your Social Security check, go ahead and do it. And by the way, your ex is one lucky woman! Q: I am about to turn 66. I have worked and paid into Social Security for all of my adult life. But good fortune has shined on me, and I am independently wealthy. I simply don’t need my Social Security. I am single. I’ve never married. I really have no family other than some ver y distant cousins. I heard there is some procedure where I can have the pro-

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