Homemakers can receive spousal benefits based on a spouse’s earnings record. And if you are divorced, but were married for at least ten years, you are also eligible to draw on your ex-spouse’s account. If you are widowed you can receive spousal benefits based on your husband’s earnings record if you were married for at least 7 months at the time he died, if you were married for at least 10 years and then got divorced before he passed away.