Maximize Social Security Benefits for Surviving Spouses
by Rachel L. Sheedy, Editor, Kiplinger's Retirement Report
Aug 06, 2018
2 minutes
Many retirees know that spouses can coordinate their claims to boost their total benefit payout from Social Security. But many may not realize that if they are widowed before claiming benefits, they may also have options to maximize Social Security by coordinating the timing of claims for their own retirement benefit and a survivor benefit.
What's worse, if surviving spouses don't know that they can mix and match those two
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