Many widows and widowers may miss important Social Security rules that impact their income. Discover key mistakes to avoid ...

A new bill in Congress, the SWIFT Act, aims to increase Social Security survivor benefits for widows, widowers, and surviving ...

Many people don't realize a deceased ex's Social Security can raise their check. Learn the 10-year rule, remarriage limits, ...

Democrats in Congress are racing to expand Social Security protections for widows and surviving divorced spouses at the very ...

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to increase Social Security benefits for widowed Americans as well as people who are divorced yet still entitled to benefits from their deceased ...

Benefit caps, legal restrictions and claiming requirements for Social Security would change under the Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment, or SWIFT, Act, announced Wednesday by Sen. Kirsten ...

Ask any Social Security expert and they will tell you that the one thing recipients need to be aware of is their spousal and survivor benefits. Not only can those help maximize one's monthly checks, ...

For millions of widowed Americans trying to stretch Social Security survivor benefits in an era of rising costs, help may finally be on the way. A new proposal in Congress would o ...

Survivor benefits are currently paid to around 5.8 million Americans nationwide, with nearly 4 million of those being widowers.

The holiday season is a good time of the year to remind people what Social Security is all about.

The HERO Act will make survivor benefits payable immediately upon a line-of-duty death. It will also require the county to ...

Survivor benefits include the young children of deceased workers. Approximately 1.3 million minor children receive survivor benefits after the loss of a parent or parents who worked and paid Social ...