This one could really trip you up.

Spousal benefits are available to current spouses and some ex-spouses of qualifying workers. Claiming early can reduce your spousal benefit by up to 35%. You'll only get a spousal benefit if it's ...

Retirement can be challenging, even more so for stay-at-home parents who perform unpaid caregiving work while their spouses work outside the home. If you're among the 24% of stay-at-home caregivers, ...

You may be entitled to spousal benefits from Social Security based on a current or ex-spouse's record. It's important to claim those benefits strategically to make the most of them. It's also ...

The best time to claim Social Security Spousal benefits is after you know what to expect and can properly plan for the future.

As you might imagine, a program like Social Security is apt to be loaded with rules. And while some are pretty easy to understand, others are more complex. The rules of claiming benefits on your own ...

I've been saving up questions I've gotten from readers about benefits for spouses. It's an issue I've covered a hundred times in this column. But the questions still keep coming. So, here is column No ...