If a Social Security recipient passes away, their close relatives may qualify for benefits. Eligible survivors include a spouse, ex-spouses, minor children, disabled adult children, and dependent ...

Social Security survivor rules are complex, with many variables at play. Ex-spouses married for 10 years qualify for benefits without reducing payments to other family members. Children can receive up ...

Debt collectors can be aggressive, but Social Security survivor benefits may be more protected than you'd expect.

A new executive order signed by Gov. Mike Braun will now allow foster care children access to their parent’s survivor ...

Dear Liz: I am 68 and still working. I plan to wait until age 70 to maximize my benefit before taking Social Security. My spouse (born in 1956) passed away in 2018 after just beginning to draw her ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A new bill could boost Social Security benefits for widowed and surviving divorced spouses. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the Surviving Income Fair Treatment (SWIFT) Act in ...

The order mandates that the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) preserve federal earned benefits for children in care, ...

The roughly $800 a month that the state keeps to offset the cost of caring for foster youth will now be saved for the kids ...