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

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: 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 ...

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 ...

Social Security is underpaying widows and widowers — sometimes by large amounts. In cases where widows are eligible to claim their own retirement benefits or those of a deceased spouse, the agency ...

The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a state agency’s denial of additional death benefits to the widow of a fire technician who died after entering a room filled with nitrogen gas at the Faircrest Steel ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico court has ruled that the widow of an off-duty tribal police officer who died more than a decade ago while rescuing a boy is entitled to workers’ compensation ...

The Court of Appeals of Georgia has reversed a lower court's decision in a closely watched case, ruling that the State of ...

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 ...

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 ...