Losing a spouse is an emotional and challenging experience, and it often brings financial concerns to the forefront. Social Security benefits can provide critical support to widows, helping them ...

Q: I understand paying benefits to widows. But I don’t understand paying benefits to divorcees. A woman who is divorced is not a widow. She is an ex-wife. So why does she have a claim to her ...

We'll walk you through how surviving spouses might navigate different benefit types from the Social Security Administration ...

Q: Can you summarize who is eligible for disability benefits? A: Social Security Disability Insurance, often referred to by ...

Many married women think they can take reduced benefits (at 62, for example) on a husband’s Social Security account and then at full retirement age, switch to full benefits on their own record. But ...

I’m trying to decide whether to take Social Security early. My full retirement age (FRA) is 67. I know that my benefit is substantially and permanently reduced if I start collecting it at 62. My ...

In more than a few married households today, the wife is making more money than the husband, meaning she could end up with higher Social Security benefits than her husband. Fly View Productions / ...