Here's How to Tell if You Qualify for Social Security Spousal Benefits

When you hear about Social Security benefits, you're usually hearing about the retired worker benefits available to seniors age 62 and older. But that's only one type of benefit available through the program. Social Security also provides benefits to the spouses of qualifying workers, even if those spouses were never employed themselves.These spousal benefits are less common, though. The Social Security Administration (SSA) pays retirement benefits to more than 53 million Americans, but only 2 million receive spousal benefits.To learn if you qualify for spousal benefits, here are the four boxes you need to check in order to receive them.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool