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 ...

Claiming your own Social Security at 62 does not reduce your survivor benefit. The two are calculated on separate work records with separate rules. A deceased spouse's early claiming age can cap the ...

If you've ever looked at your Social Security benefits and thought that they didn't seem like enough money, you could've been right. At least that's what a new report from the Office of the Inspector ...

A U.S. military widow whose husband was killed in the Iran war claims that she is being denied death benefits. Libby Klinner, the widow of U.S. Air Force Major John “Alex” Klinner, who died in a crash ...

Social Security survivor benefits don't start until age 60, and claiming then pays only 71.5% of the full benefit. That works out to roughly $1,430 instead of $2,000 monthly. Pennsylvania's Property ...

SCRANTON -- A Federal Appeals Court recently cleared the way for several area widows to collect benefits they badly need to make ends meet. The court ruled that widows of coal miners who suffered from ...

The widows said disputes over the designation of next of kin have become a major obstacle, with some alleging that their ...

She turned on her own Social Security retirement benefit at 62, accepted the permanent reduction, and used the monthly check to bridge a few lean years. Four years later, at 66, her husband passed ...