Two new Social Security proposals could expand survivor benefits for disabled widows and widowers and temporarily boost ...

A major Social Security rule change has increased benefits for widows, widowers, and divorced spouses whose partners worked in public-sector jobs that did not always pay Social Security taxes. The ...

Your spouse dies on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, someone in your family is telling you to call Social Security. What almost nobody mentions is how many rules govern survivor benefits, how many ways you ...

Losing a spouse is emotionally overwhelming, and the financial decisions thatfollow can feel just as heavy. The rules regarding Social Security survivorbenefits may be confusing for some, and many ...