Nearly 41% of Americans are not aware of this special Social Security rule that applies to divorcees and could boost their ...

Who is eligible to receive divorced spousal benefits? To claim spousal benefits as a divorcee, you must have been married to ...

By Quentin Fottrell 'I calculated her break-even point to be around age 78' "She was married to her first husband long enough to qualify as his widow for Social Security benefits ...

If your own Social Security payment is relatively low, it might benefit you to look at spousal benefits or ex-spousal benefits, if you are divorced.

There are groups of people who can claim Social Security benefits on another person’s work record, among them spouses, even ...

Errors involving survivor benefits, health coverage and court orders can create financial problems years after a marriage ...

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

It's not set in stone, but it's looking pretty likely.

Your spousal benefit may not go as far as expected after taking this into account.

A widow in her early seventies opens her bank statement a few months after her husband’s funeral and notices the deposits look different. One Social Security check used to land in his name, another in ...