Now, I want to show you how a widow’s collection decisions can be critically impacted by the special RIB-LIM widow’s benefit formula that comes into play when a deceased spouse takes retirement benefits early. (I discuss this formula in “Why many widows lose nothing from taking benefits early.”)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/what-social-securitys-survivors-planner-wont-tell-you-about-taking-widows-benefits/
The Right Way to Claim Social Security Widow's Benefits. Q. I am 61 and was divorced from my husband two years ago after more than 16 years of marriage. He died a few months ago at 72 and had been receiving Social Security benefits of $1,663 a month. I am working part-time, earning $13,000 a year, and want to continue doing so.
http://time.com/money/3638427/social-security-survivors-benefits-details/
The rules for widow's (or survivor's) benefits are different from spousal benefits, which involve claims on a current or divorced spouse. Survivor’s benefits may be taken as early as age 60, while spousal benefits normally can’t begin until age 62.
http://time.com/money/3638427/social-security-survivors-benefits-details/
In this case, Jill’s best option is to still take her retirement benefit at 62, but to take her widow’s benefit at 63, not at 66. Doing so will produce $32,625 more in lifetime benefits than taking her retirement benefit at 62 and widow’s benefit at 66. And this optimal strategy beats what Jill plans to do — take her widow’s benefit now and her own retirement benefit at 62 — by $57,865.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/what-social-securitys-survivors-planner-wont-tell-you-about-taking-widows-benefits/
Bereavement benefits are paid to widows, widowers or the surviving partner of a civil partnership. You can get a bereavement benefit if your husband, wife or civil partner died on or after 9 April 2001.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/bereavement/benefits-and-bereavement/
Do I get widow benefits or my own retirement? Learn how to get widow benefits before you are Full Retirement Age (66) and then switch to your own retirement without the early retirement penalty. Or take widow benefits now and wait until you are 70-years-old to start your own retirement to get a 32% bonus.
http://socialsecuritywidow.com/
Widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses cannot apply online for survivors benefits. If they want to apply for disability benefits on your record, they should contact Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 to request an appointment. (If they are deaf or hard of hearing, they should call our TTY number, 1-800-325-0778.)
http://www.ssa.gov/planners/survivors/onyourown2.html
Your widow or widower can receive: reduced benefits as early as age 60 or full benefits at full retirement age or older. benefits as early as age 50 if they're disabled AND their disability started before or within seven years of your death.
http://www.ssa.gov/planners/survivors/onyourown2.html
Largest Social Security Benefits. Recently retiring from the Social Security Administration, I wrote an 18 page workbook, Social Security Inside Out, with answers to 27 important Social Security questions while divulging 44 insider tips to show you how to get the largest widow, retirement and spouse benefits possible.
http://socialsecuritywidow.com/
Who can get Bereavement Allowance. To be eligible for Bereavement Allowance, your spouse or civil partner must have died on or after 9 April 2001. You can get Bereavement Allowance if you are 45 or over when your spouse or civil partner died, but under state pension age.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/bereavement/benefits-and-bereavement/
how old do you have to be to get widow's benefits
You have to be 60 years to get widow's benefits. You have to be 60 years old, in order to avail the widow's benefits You have to be 60 years old to get widow's benefits.