Social Security survivors benefits can be an important source of financial stability after your partner passes away.

About a month ago, I wrote a column in which I explained how “full retirement age” (the age at which a person can claim 100 percent of his or her Social Security retirement benefits) is going up. To ...

When a spouse dies, many widows assume that Social Security will automatically pay them the highest benefit available. That assumption is understandable, but it isn't always true. In reality, eligible ...

My wife and I each collect Social Security on our own work records. When one of us dies, will the other receive survivor ...

Social Security benefits change according to your past and present income, as well as the age at which you began claiming ...

The two main factors that determine how much you'll get from Social Security are your income and the age at which you claim ...