Divorce can be contentious, especially when money issues get in the way. If your former spouse tries to prevent you from claiming their Social Security benefits out of spite, it can put you in a very ...

If your wife is eligible to collect a spousal benefit, whether or not it is paid automatically can depend on when each of you claims benefits. If your wife claims benefits on her own employment ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. When you collect Social Security, you’re entitled to a ...

Eligibility for Social Security retirement benefits starts at age 62. But for prospective beneficiaries who can wait, the biggest benefit becomes available at age 70. For many retirees, that poses a ...

The rules around Spousal Social Security benefits have several nuances, but some policies are crystal clear. One is that a spouse must specifically request to begin receiving spousal benefits. That is ...

A new initiative from the Biden administration aims to quell a varied series of consumer “headaches” by reducing their extraneous time and processes, including for federal employees trying to file ...

Claiming benefits before or after your full retirement age will decrease or increase them, respectively. Your breakeven age is when the total benefits received from claiming Social Security at one age ...

At a recent internal meeting, a Social Security administrator projected some numbers on a screen to illustrate a remarkable trend: New benefit claims were up by more than 15% in March, compared with ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs kicked off 2025 by extending the GI Bill education benefits of a million veterans. Veterans who earned both Montgomery GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits while ...

Veterans across the United States are experiencing significant improvements in their access to pension and compensation benefits following a major reduction in claims processing backlogs by the ...

Studies agree that one age, in particular, is the least optimal for claiming Social Security retirement benefits. Collecting benefits at this age can have a significant negative financial impact on ...