In this installment, we’re talking about Social Security benefit options for surviving spouses — in other words, widows and ...

Congress changed a law in 1977 allowing a widow who remarries to continue collecting benefits from her first husband’s Social ...

Both current and former spouses can claim spousal benefits from a worker’s Social Security record. Wife and widow benefits were established in 1939. Their design was based on a family structure ...

The Social Security system allows a spouse to claim a benefit based on the earnings of their spouse after they have passed.

Social Security was put in place nearly 90 years ago to provide a safety net of sorts. There is voluminous research about its effects on those most directly intended to be caught by that net — among ...

If the surviving spouse has a disability, they may be eligible to receive benefits starting at age 50. If the widow or widower is age 60 to full retirement age, Social Security will reduce their p ...

Despite Social Security's wide reach, a small but vulnerable group of elderly Americans never receives its benefits.

the responsibility may fall on the widow(er). Be sure Social Security is notified and any benefits are adjusted accordingly, if necessary," says Justin Rush, a certified financial planner and ...

Now let’s talk about getting any Social Security widow’s benefits that will be due. Because you said his benefit is more than yours, after he dies, your benefit will be bumped up to whatever ...

Q: My mother told me she remembers a time when women had to “live in sin” (those are her words) to avoid losing Social ...

Do you know what she is talking about? A: Yes, I know exactly what she is talking about. It has to do with the payment of ...

It has to do with the payment of Social Security widow’s benefits. And it makes a good story about how Social Security and ...