If a person has recently lost a loved one, they might be eligible for Social Security survivor benefits. This article briefly explains what Social Security survivor benefits are and how people can claim them. “The main benefit for surviving spouses is that they may be able to receive payments from Social Security if their late partner worked enough to qualify for Social Security retirement benefits.” This article provides a list of the possible recipients who would be eligible for survivor benefits according to the Social Security Administration. People will also need to know about the benefit readjustment at death. “In addition to the benefits described above, there’s also a strange little one-time payment of $255 that’s available to a surviving spouse who was living with the partner who died.” This article provides a process that people should go through when they want to claim Social Security survivor benefits.
See Selena Maranjian, How to Claim Social Security Survivor Benefits, My San Antonio, March 27, 2016.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
