You can collec this social security if you were married 10 yearsor longer and he has a work history of 40 quarters or more.
In you orignal divorce does it state that you will completely release all interest in marital property? or does it jus tnot mention anything about any assets.
If the assets are not mentioned in the original divorce decree then the property is still 50 percent yours and you will need tostart a divorce property settlement, if you indeed signed over all marital property than legally you must sign them over. See an attorney with your divorcedecree immediately, do not sign anything over to him until you knowfor sure. Kinda a nice place to be, owe nothing but owe it all.

I, too, was with my ex for 18 years. Just this past February, he went behind my back with his girlfriend and filed a married/separate return, and split the money with her. I will get my justice when he retires, though - we were married 15 years, and I will, in fact, get half his retirement. He and the OW are already having problems.

Are you just talking about social security retirement? My ex and I were married 17 years and for 10 of those years he had in his name a life insurance policy that is whole life, he lied and said it was only a life insurance policy and had no value, I tried to tell my attorney that he was lying but he wouldn't listen. It will be worth a lot of money in about 15 years (if he hasn't cashed out on it yet). Does anyone know if I am entitled to that?