Many divorced boomers may be missing Social Security benefits tied to an ex-spouse's record. Here's how eligibility, timing, and the survivor rules work.

Spousal benefits are valuable to married couples, and the qualifications are rather straightforward.

When couples get divorced after years or even decades of marriage, they will inevitably spend time dividing up their assets. However, not every American who gets a divorce realizes they may still be ...

A woman in her mid-60s, divorced after 22 years of marriage, recently posted on Reddit’s r/retirement forum asking whether she had “missed her window” to collect anything from Social Security based on ...

Many divorced people do not know they may qualify for Social Security benefits from an ex-spouse. A rule allows eligible ...

'I am 55 and my former spouse is 67' "My ex-spouse has never remarried. I believe he could collect on my Social Security. Is that correct?" (Photo subjects are models.) Dear Help Me Retire, Both my ...

This one could really trip you up.

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to increase Social Security benefits for widowed Americans as well as people who are divorced yet still entitled to benefits from their deceased ...

Dear Rusty: After 16 years of marriage, we were divorced. I have never remarried, but he has. When he starts collecting Social Security (he is 64 now and still working), is it true that I can claim ex ...

I’ve been saving up some questions I’ve received from divorced women about potential benefits they might be due from their exes’ Social Security: Q: I was married to my husband for 35 years before he ...

Most retirees know the basics: claim early and get less, wait and get more. But a law signed in early 2025 rewrote rules that had quietly penalized millions of public workers for decades, and the ...