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

When a spouse dies, the emotional shock often collides with an immediate financial question: what happens to the Social Security income that helped pay the bills. Survivor rules are technical, but ...

Today’s column involves a husband and wife, both of whom were getting Social Security benefits — and the husband dies.

Divorced spouses can claim up to 50% of an ex's Social Security benefits. Learn more about the requirements for age, marriage duration, divorce period, and filing tips.

Over the past 17 years that I have been doing this column, I have written about 50 columns dealing with the Social Security offsets that impact some state and local government employees who work at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Hager – “Mister Social Security” – offers expert advice from Ohio. This article explains the many Social Security benefits ...

Find out the average Social Security benefit amount for 65-year-old Americans and how you can prioritize building your ...

At age 67, most retirees can claim the full amount of benefits to which they are entitled. The amount is based on the number of years they worked and their career earnings. Retirees can choose to ...

Every couple of years, I like to cover a topic that confuses almost everyone. And that confusion comes at a time when they ...