# Could a wife with no kids really force an ex husband to get an insurance policy?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 8, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-wife-with-no-kids-really-force-an-ex-husband-to-get-an-insurance-policy/668311 "2013-09-08T05:10:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-wife-with-no-kids-really-force-an-ex-husband-to-get-an-insurance-policy/668311/22 "2013-09-09T18:12:12Z")

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> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> She is divorcing a dude who possibly lives in daily danger of being killed. She wants to make sure she can be provided for before she is self supporting.

If she’s spent time not accruing social security or any other pension, she’s behind. This might be a way to fill in that retirement gap, since she hasn’t been married the ten years required to get social security retirement payments as his ex.

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