The increased payments are tied to a recent Social Security rule change that could mean thousands more for widows and divorced spouses. Are you eligible?

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 ...

For decades, a particular kind of federal widow learned to live with a strange arithmetic: her late husband paid into Social ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some Social Security recipients could see a boost in their benefits as the result of a rules change. In 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act did away with provisions that reduced or eliminated ...

A widow at 60 walks into the Social Security office a few weeks after her husband’s funeral. He had been collecting $3,200 ...

A new Social Security rule gets rid of two provisions, WEP and GPO, that once limited benefits for millions of people. Here's who benefits and by how much.