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 ...

When you lose a spouse, financial worries often compound the heartache. In some cases, Social Security survivor benefits can help widowed spouses fill part of the financial void. Survivor benefits are ...

Learn how Social Security checks, survivor benefits, taxes, and work rules can change after a spouse dies so you're not ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Q: I think you made an error in a recent column. You said anyone can file for Social Security benefits online. But when I tried to file for widow’s benefits online ...

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 ...

Congress is currently considering two Social Security bills that could expand survivor benefits and boost monthly checks.

The day after her husband’s funeral, Rondell Gulick called Social Security. Now alone with their nine children, the stay-at-home mom faced what would become a months-long process of claiming the ...

The law says when you are due two Social Security benefits, you don’t get them both. You only get the one that pays the higher rate. Ridofranz / Getty Images/iStockphoto I’ve saved up some questions ...

During the Gulf War, Pat Abeyta, a former Army welder and mechanic, was among those sent to work the massive pits where rubber, wood, plastics and other trash was burned, sending toxic substances into ...

Edith Smith, in a neat yellow suit and the yellow pleated cap of Gold Star Wives of America Inc., glanced one more time at her speech, took a slight breath, then spoke into the microphone to members ...