Navigating the complexities of survivor benefits can be daunting. If you're a spouse, ex-spouse, child, or dependent parent ...

If a financially well-off individual had multiple ex-spouses, could it happen that the multiple ex-spouses could each be collecting Social Security based on their own financial situation as ...

This little-known restricted application rule can significantly boost retirement income for surviving spouses.

The Social Security Fairness Act increased benefits to millions more retirees, including some who never claimed them.

If you and your spouse have a nice amount of money saved up, then you may decide that you'll each claim Social Security as ...

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy said the Social Security Administration must implement the Social Security Fairness Act as ...

1. Retirement or Spouse’s Benefits: You must be at least 61 years and 9 months and want your benefits to start in no more than 4 months. Apply at www.ssa.gov/retirement. 2. Disability Benefits: You ...

Claiming Social Security at 62 is popular strategy because it gives recipients the most checks. At the same time, it reduces the size of their checks by up to 30%. That's because the government ...

On January 5, 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law, marking a major reform for public sector workers, ...

Hundreds of thousands of public employees − including at CSU and Poudre School District − stand to get a Social Security boost from a federal change.

Reentering the workforce after having officially retired from it can raise a host of financial planning questions, especially for individuals whose main motivation for “unretiring” is economic.