Widowed or divorced? Learn how to claim the right Social Security benefit for you and boost your retirement income with some ...
Social Security benefits for children usually end at 18, but certain exceptions may allow some young adults to continue receiving support.
The loss of a loved one can be painful. The death of a wage-earner upon whom a family depends also can be financially devastating. If you're like most young or middle-aged workers, you probably think ...
When combined, the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) can offer a steady stream of ...
In his article, Alan Feigenbaum warns matrimonial lawyers about the critical need to explicitly address survivorship benefits in divorce agreements involving pensions, emphasizing the consequences of ...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) pays out retirement, survivor and disability benefits to more than 70 million Americans every month. In March 2025, about 60 million of these were claiming old ...
Even military families often don’t know what benefits are available to the surviving family of an active-duty service member.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a major three-part initiative to simplify and speed up how survivors and dependents of deceased veterans and service members access VA benefits.