The Social Security Administration recently announced several key changes to the program for 2025. Here's what you need to ...

Social Security rules aim to make it so benefits reward all workers equally. There's growing support in Congress to revisit ...

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

Spouses, ex-spouses, children, and dependent parents may be eligibleReviewed by David KindnessFact checked by Vikki ...

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.

Adviser Joe Alfonso helps a reader understand what benefits she and her children are eligible for from Social Security and when ... “The rules for young widow/widower survivor benefits are ...

As many as 6 million Americans rely on Social Security survivors benefits to replace lost income from a parent or spouse who has passed away. Young widows like Cindy might be eligible for two ...

After the program was launched, it was expanded to help children, widows, and disabled individuals ... may claim Social ...

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 ...