ex-spouse benefits
Ex-spousal Social Security benefits
Researchers at Bowling Green State University found that gray divorcees tend to be less financially secure than married and widowed older adults. The poverty level for gray divorcees is about 19 percent, compared to almost three percent for married seniors…
Spousal Benefits: A Refresher on the Fundamentals
The question of benefits available to spouses is an area we deal with frequently here at the AMAC Foundation Social Security Advisory Service. For many, an understanding of the rules and provisions embedded in the Social Security playbook can help…
Social Security goes beyond simple payouts to workers
Almost 70 million people, or more than 1 in every 6 U.S. residents, collected Social Security benefits in 2022. Social Security goes beyond paying benefits to workers; it pays benefits to surviving spouses, divorced spouses, and others. However, Social Security…
Somewhat Little-Known Social Security Benefits
As The Motley Fool’s Dan Caplinger suggests in this www.fool.com post, there some benefit provisions in Social Security that can come as a surprise. That’s why it’s important to be informed, and his post does the trick on these three…