Apr 28, 2025 · You also get 71.5 percent if you claim benefits in your 50s as a disabled surviving spouse. For people younger than 60 who claim survivor benefits on the basis of caring for the …

Dec 5, 2025 · When a Social Security beneficiary dies, his or her spouse may be able to collect survivor benefits. Learn whether you qualify and how to apply.

Dec 3, 2025 · The spouse, children and sometimes even parents of a deceased Social Security beneficiary may be eligible for monthly survivor benefits.

Social Security pays survivor benefits to widows/widowers, ex-spouses and surviving children. Discover how to report a death and determine eligibility.

Dec 29, 2025 · Social Security can pay benefits to a deceased recipient's former spouse. Read more to see if you qualify for ex-spouse survivor benefits.

May 6, 2025 · Do survivors of veterans receive benefits? From VA survivors pension to health care, education and home loans, here's what families are entitled to.

Oct 10, 2018 · Survivor benefits may be payable to the spouses, former spouses, children and parents of a person who had qualified for or was collecting Social Security benefits when they died. How long …

Oct 10, 2018 · A surviving parent or other person applying for benefits on behalf of a bereaved child will need to provide proof of the child’s relationship to the deceased, such as a birth certificate or …

Dec 5, 2025 · When you are eligible for two benefits, such as a survivor benefit and a retirement payment, Social Security doesn’t add them together but rather pays you the higher of the two …

Oct 10, 2018 · If your spouse had not yet reached full retirement age, Social Security bases the survivor benefit on the deceased’s primary insurance amount.