Understanding Social Security survivor benefits is crucial for widows, as claiming early can reduce payments; strategic planning ensures financial stability.

Workers and spouses are eligible for retirement benefits at age 62, but widows and widowers are eligible for survivors benefits at age 60. Survivors benefits allow widows or widowers to inherit their ...

Talking to a SSA representative in person is designed to help you make sure you understand your options and make the best choice you can about when to start your widow’s benefits. Frazao Studio Latino ...

If you check those three boxes, you're eligible to receive up to 50% of your spouse's primary insurance amount (PIA), which ...

Widowed or divorced? Learn how to claim the right Social Security benefit for you and boost your retirement income with some ...

Every week, Allworth Financial's Steve Hruby, CFP®, and Bob Sponseller, ChFC®, answer your questions. If you, a friend, or ...

This change can significantly impact your taxes: you may face a lower standard deduction, a higher marginal tax rate, more of ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The widow of a woman who pushed to legalize same-sex marriage in Rhode Island before she died of cancer will be entitled to her Social Security benefits after a yearslong fight to ...

Q: My husband died several months ago. I'm 64. I'm getting my own retirement benefits, and he was getting his own benefits. His Social Security check was more than mine, so I think I am due widow's ...

Q: My husband died several months ago. I’m 64. I’m getting my own retirement benefits, and he was getting his own benefits. His Social Security check was more than mine, so I think I am due widow’s ...