For information about potential benefits on someone else's record, you should call or visit your local office. If your former spouse is still living, privacy rules prohibit Social Security from giving you his or her record, so Social Security can't give you his Statement. But Social Security can tell you what benefits you may be entitled to, after Social Security has established your relationship to him.

If your spouse died sometime in the past, this kind of Statement won't give you the most up-to-date estimate of benefits you might receive. The Social Security Administration’s telephone service staff at 1-800-772-1213 or personnel at your local Social Security office can give you the correct information from other records.