This week the question is from a young widow wondering how remarrying affects Survivor Benefits from her deceased husband’s Social Securi...

Reader question: “I am 58 years old and work full time. My spouse passed away in 2016 at the age of 51. I was told that at 60 I could app...

You’ve saved well, invested responsibly and accumulated more assets that you’ll need in your retirement.  When you pass away, there will ...

Sometimes things that look simple and easy to understand can have a hidden “but” or two that makes them a little more confusing and compl...

We received the following question from a reader this week: “My mother will be turning 65 this year and is trying to figure out how to ma...

The advantages to claiming survivor benefits versus your own benefits can be confusing. We recently received the following question from ...

Sometimes things that look simple and easy to understand can have a hidden “but” or two that makes them a little more confusing and compl...

Today I bring you what turns out to be a bit of a tragic story.  We had a reader contact us who had been denied Survivor Benefits, even a...

Surviving spouses, and ex-spouses that were married at least 10 years, are eligible to receive 100% of the amount their deceased spouse w...

This week we describe a situation where had a person followed the recommendation they received at the Social Security office they would h...

Sometimes things that look simple and easy to understand can have a hidden “but” or two that makes them a little more confusing and compl...

You’ve saved well, invested responsibly and accumulated more assets that you’ll need in your retirement.  When you pass away, there will ...

As a follow up on our previous posts regarding the Basics of Survivor Benefits, this week we are going to answer a question regarding how...