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12 wrz 2024 · 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.
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- Might Qualify for Survivor Benefits
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- Social Security Retirement Benefits and Survivor Benefits
Survivor benefits provide monthly payments to eligible family members of people who worked and paid Social Security taxes before they died. You may qualify if you’re the spouse, divorced spouse, child, or dependent parent of someone who worked and paid Social Security taxes before they died.
Learn when and how to report a death, and what benefits we offer to eligible family members. Funeral homes generally tell us when someone dies. So, you don’t typically need to report a death to us.
27 maj 2022 · Learn how to apply for survivor benefits on your late spouse's or ex-spouse's Social Security record. Find out the eligibility rules, benefit amounts, and how to switch to the higher benefit later.
Spouses or some minor children could get a one-time death benefit payment of $255 too. You may be eligible for a monthly payment and Medicare health insurance.
If living apart and they were receiving certain Social Security benefits on the deceased’s record, they may be eligible for the lump-sum death payment. If there is no surviving spouse, the payment is made to a child who is eligible for benefits on the deceased’s record in the month of death.
Many surviving spouses are eligible for monthly benefits from Social Security, based upon their age, disability, children at home, or some combination thereof. In general, spouse survivor benefits are available to: Surviving spouses, who were married at least 9 months, beginning at age 60.