A new Social Security bill could raise survivor benefits for some widows and widowers by offering an alternative based on 75% ...

Dear Penny, My husband recently passed. I’m not eligible for survivor benefits, but my son is. I was told by a friend I was ...

Working widows collecting survivor benefits before age 67 lose $1 for every $2 earned above $23,400 annually due to the retirement earnings test. Withheld benefits aren't permanently lost. Social ...

Losing a spouse in your early 60s upends nearly everything, including a retirement plan built around two paychecks. For a 60-year-old widow whose late husband earned a $3,200 monthly Social Security ...

The disabled-widow rule lets surviving spouses claim reduced Social Security survivor benefits at 50, not 60, a provision most widows never discover. Waiting just one extra year to claim an $1,800 ...