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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This one could really trip you up.

You may still be eligible to claim Social Security on your ex's work record if you were married for at least 10 years before divorcing. If you remarry, you will lose the ability to claim Social ...

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 ...