Picture a surviving spouse, days after burying her husband, sitting at the kitchen table with a stack of bills. The funeral ...

Two repealed Social Security rules are putting more money in some recipients' pockets, but there are tax consequences they ...

The Social Security Administration sends payments out to over 71 million Americans. Roughly 8% of them receive survivor benefits. Here’s how they work.

A recent rule change is putting more Social Security money into the hands of retired widows and divorced spouses. Here's what ...

The Office of the Inspector General has reported that retirees lost around $113.8 million in Social Security benefits due to ...

A vast majority (82 percent) of beneficiaries entitled to receive survivor benefits and their own benefits weren’t informed of an option to claim a larger benefit. That’s according to a recent audit ...

The decision seemed intuitive at the time. He turned 62, the Social Security checks could start, and waiting felt unnecessary ...

Losing a spouse is emotionally overwhelming, and the financial decisions thatfollow can feel just as heavy. The rules regarding Social Security survivorbenefits may be confusing for some, and many ...

Social Security benefits can be grouped into three categories: (1) retirement, (2) survivors, and (3) disability. The first category includes two subgroupings: retired-worker benefits and spousal ...

Say your ex-spouse is receiving $3,000 per month at full retirement age, providing you with a divorce benefit of $1,500 per month. If you remarry and your new partner is collecting $2,000 per month, ...