Quick Read Social Security survivor rules eliminate the lower-earning spouse’s benefit permanently upon death, typically reducing household income by $500-$1,200 monthly, with delayed claiming credits ...

Social Security quietly implemented a rule change that may put thousands of dollars into the pockets of many retired divorcees and widows. The rule change mainly applies to widows and divorced spouses ...

The elimination of WEP and GPO under the Social Security Fairness Act is delivering major benefit increases and lump-sum payments to public workers.

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 ...

A 58-year-old widow collecting $1,950 a month on her late husband’s Social Security benefit meets someone wonderful and starts thinking about a wedding. Her financial advisor mentions, almost in ...

Widows and widowers lost thousands due to a Social Security blunder. Thousands of widows and widowers have been short-changed of their Social Security payments as a result of blunders by the Social ...

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 ...