“A surviving spouse, at full retirement age or older, generally gets 100% of the worker’s basic benefit amount,” the IRS says ...

Janice’s husband died suddenly last year after having a stroke. The couple were a few years away from retirement. Janice, 62, ...

Workers and spouses become eligible for Social Security retirement benefits at age 62, but widow(er)s are eligible for survivors' benefits at age 60. Survivors' benefits let widow(er)s inherit their ...

Learn nine ways to maximize your Social Security benefits without working longer, from spousal and survivor benefits to ...

If you're collecting benefits on a spouse's (or ex-spouse's) work record, you may lose those if you remarry. Although Social Security is generally protected from private creditors, owing federal debts ...

Spousal Social Security benefits are also available to ex-spouses, provided you were married for at least 10 years before you ...

I thought in this article I would hit on several different areas that might be of interest to my readers – they are Worker’s ...