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feat(guides): add Social Security spousal benefits guide - #583

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@Gregable Gregable commented Sep 9, 2026

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Summary

  • New guide at /guides/spousal-benefits covering who qualifies, the 50%-of-PIA rule with a worked example (Alex and Chris), the top-up when the reader has their own record, early-claiming reductions by age, deemed filing, the earnings test, the transition to survivor benefits, remarriage and other special situations, how to apply, and an FAQ.
  • The existing /guides/spousal-benefit-filing-date page stays as a focused deep dive and is linked from the new guide.
  • Sponsor placement now accepts guide-specific copy via a SponsorCopy type (default wording unchanged everywhere else). The spousal guide uses a pitch about coordinating two filing dates.
  • Registered in the sitemap, guide index, and CTA config; cross-links added from the divorced spouse, survivor benefits, and filing-date guides.

Test plan

  • npm test (2066 tests, includes the guides sitemap/index invariant and a new default-copy check)
  • npm run quality (Biome and svelte-check clean)
  • Rendered locally: title, canonical, FAQ schema, custom sponsor copy on the new page, default copy on other guides, new entry first on the guide index
  • Example figures checked against the spousal reduction logic in benefit-calculator.ts

Add a SponsorCopy type with the existing wording as the default, and thread
an optional copy prop through SponsorAd and InlineCTA so a guide can tailor
the pitch to its topic.
Covers eligibility, the 50%-of-PIA rule with a worked example, the top-up
when the reader has their own record, early-claiming reductions, deemed
filing, the earnings test, the transition to survivor benefits, special
situations, and how to apply. Registered in the sitemap, guide index, and
CTA config with guide-specific sponsor copy.
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Narrow the remarriage exception to the benefits that actually waive the
one-year rule, drop an unsourced statistic, let SponsorAd supply the
spacing around the sponsor name so copy fragments carry no whitespace
convention, refresh the sponsor.ts comments, and keep the CTA config
alphabetical.
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Gregable merged commit 5e87758 into main Sep 9, 2026
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